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[Kevin Wood]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=boqxZ3BOzlY&feature=youtube_gdata

Give me the skylaunch any day - even if theirs is the weedy 7.2 litre model.

Kevin

[Vamps]

Am I looking at my next car, though I love my Citroen C4 Grande Picasso,  looks good to me..

[tunnie]

Very nicely done that, great shots, style. Top Job 

Shame about the ugly peice of french crud though 

[Gaffers]

All that makes me want to do is take up gliding again.... it's fantastic!

Mind you there seemed to be a struggle to get it upto speed initially which a sky winch doesn't (0-60 in approx 2 secs and then holds ituntil you reach about 1000ft)

[Kevin Wood]

I must say, they did well to get enough traction on grass (whole launch was in 2nd gear, speed peaked at 70MPH  so the french piece of crud got a bit of a spanking).

For comparison, here's how it should be done. Note the slightly better acceleration on the ground run and the angle of climb.

http://www.youtube.com/user/cirrusflyboy#p/u/28/v2Qh95I_YM0

And a vid of the beast at the other end.

http://www.youtube.com/user/cirrusflyboy#p/a/u/0/riqhzcXZqzg

Kevin

[Dishevelled Den]

I must say, they did well to get enough traction on grass (whole launch was in 2nd gear, speed peaked at 70MPH  so the french piece of crud got a bit of a spanking).

For comparison, here's how it should be done. Note the slightly better acceleration on the ground run and the angle of climb.

http://www.youtube.com/user/cirrusflyboy#p/u/28/v2Qh95I_YM0

And a vid of the beast at the other end.

http://www.youtube.com/user/cirrusflyboy#p/a/u/0/riqhzcXZqzg

Kevin

Fascinating and very impressive. 8-) 8-)

 Does the cable ever break during a launch, and should it do, is the result a recoverable situation every time for the pilot?

[Lazydocker]

I must say, they did well to get enough traction on grass (whole launch was in 2nd gear, speed peaked at 70MPH  so the french piece of crud got a bit of a spanking).

For comparison, here's how it should be done. Note the slightly better acceleration on the ground run and the angle of climb.

http://www.youtube.com/user/cirrusflyboy#p/u/28/v2Qh95I_YM0

And a vid of the beast at the other end.

http://www.youtube.com/user/cirrusflyboy#p/a/u/0/riqhzcXZqzg

Kevin

Fascinating and very impressive. 8-) 8-)

 Does the cable ever break during a launch, and should it do, is the result a recoverable situation every time for the pilot?

Yes, and yes.... I've had it happen to me in my younger days when I was able to go gliding... Really want to go again now :-/ :-/

[Dishevelled Den]

Yes, and yes.... I've had it happen to me in my younger days when I was able to go gliding... Really want to go again now :-/ :-/

Thanks LD, I have to say that it looks to be great fun - but for me, these old bones have suggested otherwise

[Lazydocker]

Yes, and yes.... I've had it happen to me in my younger days when I was able to go gliding... Really want to go again now :-/ :-/

Thanks LD, I have to say that it looks to be great fun - but for me, these old bones have suggested otherwise

Should add that a cable break can be a little worrying though, especially if it's your first solo flight

The way I was tought was to assess the height and either land straight ahead or perform a "short circuit" to come back in and land

[Kevin Wood]

Should add that a cable break can be a little worrying though, especially if it's your first solo flight

The way I was tought was to assess the height and either land straight ahead or perform a "short circuit" to come back in and land

Yep. First thing is not to rotate into a steep climb until you are high enough to sort it out if it does fail and until you are happy the glider is fast enough and accelerating normally.

If it breaks, lower the nose quickly and establish approach speed, check the cable has gone and assess where you can land. Typically, the options are straight ahead if you're low, turn downwind if you're too high for straight ahead and maybe continue the turn and land across the airfield or, if you have plenty of height, a circuit and back to where you launched.

It can bite you on the @rse, like most flying activities, if you rotate too quickly into a steep climb, or if you try to manoevre before recovering a safe airspeed.

Here's how it should look:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8FP_MIB7gw&feature=related

Kevin

[PhilRich]

Hmmm.... for us non flying landlubbers, I would of thought the best course of action would be shoving the sh*t out of the cockpit faster than it was coming out of your trousers?   

[Lazydocker]

Hmmm.... for us non flying landlubbers, I would of thought the best course of action would be shoving the sh*t out of the cockpit faster than it was coming out of your trousers?   

You just open the canopy and fly inverted for a short while

[Kevin Wood]

Hmmm.... for us non flying landlubbers, I would of thought the best course of action would be shoving the sh*t out of the cockpit faster than it was coming out of your trousers?   

You just open the canopy and fly inverted for a short while

If you push forward hard enough you don't even need to be inverted, as I found out on my first flight.

Kevin

[Gaffers]

Yes, and yes.... I've had it happen to me in my younger days when I was able to go gliding... Really want to go again now :-/ :-/

I'll go halves on a glider with yer 

[Vamps]

Very nicely done that, great shots, style. Top Job 

Shame about the ugly peice of french crud though 

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