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Not flown in the past two weeks... Been quite unlucky with the weather and yet again today the cloud base was just too low. Here's a few pics from a few weeks a go when the weather was a little better... Bring on summer soaring fun!

Cheers for looking,

Luke.

what the heck do you use that truck for? :-?

what the heck do you use that truck for? :-?

It's a winch, for launching the gliders.
Nice set, Luke... I like that nice slippery glider you have there.

what the heck do you use that truck for? :-?

It's a winch, for launching the gliders.
Nice set, Luke... I like that nice slippery glider you have there.

oh okay i see .. COOL 8-)

Do the gliders just get their alt from thermals after they launch from a winch?  Doesn't seem like they would get very high, yet the pic shows him pretty far up... :-?  

[quote]Do the gliders just get their alt from thermals after they launch from a winch?

OH I see, the cable stays attached even after they lift off, must be a really long cable!!    

Thanks for the tour Luke...good shots...

Cheers...Happy Landings...Doug

[quote]OH I see, the cable stays attached even after they lift off, must be a really long cable!!

Great shots!!

I really like that last shot!!

Yeah... T'is quite a long stretch of cable. Each drum has around 2000m, or 1.3 miles of cable. Can winch you up to around 2500ft on a good windy day but you averagely get around 1600-1800ft. Depends on how charitable the winch driver is with the throttle!