Critique my radial ramp launch
Fuck Ryan.Mike (screech) - 2012/09/02 18:19:48 UTC
RE: Ryan's point about the prone vs upright position:
To improve the efficiency of your launch, of course. Absolutely nothing to do with verifying that you're hooked in at the moment of commitment.]Instead of making sure my slider (have a CG-1000 type pod) is up by raising my wing (although I also try to get my hang strap as taught as possible before running on launch so the wing is already directly connected to my weight)...
Yeah, I just love it when people start talking about preflight checks of "everything else" in discussions about unhooked launches. Do make sure you've got your clearance checked, backup loop engaged, carabiner locked, and helmet buckled. So many people have died because of deficiencies in those departments....when I get a hang check before launch, I first have someone hold the nose and "sit", so to speak, into the harness leg straps to make sure I go as far down as possible and as such that the slider goes as far up as possible, before then lying down and checking everything else.
Yeah, OBVIOUSLY.That said, I should add that my slider doesn't move when I don't move it myself -- at least not that I have noticed in a year.
Obviously, to each his own, as long as whatever you do ensures safety and repeatability.
Just like it says in the regulation:
Just like it says in the FAA aerotowing regulations regarding the front end weak link:To each his own, as long as whatever you do ensures safety and repeatability.
Just like it says in the FAA aerotowing regulations regarding the minimum rating of the back end weak link:To each his own, as long as whatever you do ensures safety and repeatability.
Just like the signs at the beginning of the school zones say:Use whatever your tug driver tells you will meet his expectation of breaking as early as possible in lockout situations, but being strong and reliable enough to avoid frequent breaks from turbulence - as long as it's a single loop of 130 pound Greenspot braided Dacron trolling line.
Lemme tell ya sumpin'...Drive whatever speed you like, as long as you don't hit any ten-year-olds.
The ONLY thing that ensures safety and repeatability is a verification of hook-in status within five seconds of EVERY launch. You:
- show me:
-- the fuckin' Aussie Method - I'll show you people getting flipped approaching launches and snatched up by dust devils as well as launching unhooked
-- assholes doing what assholes like Ryan and his father, Matt, and Steve Wendt are teaching and advocating, what assholes like Keith and kermit are doing in their stupid videos - I can stack the bodies like cordwood
-- the to-each-his-own philosophy of aviation I'll show you Bob Kuczewski, Sam Kellner, and Terry Mason
- cite ONE incident EVER ANYWHERE of ANYONE who routinely complied with the fuckin' regulation to the best of his abilities launching unhooked
FUCK to each his own. We have REGULATIONS to protect stupid people from themselves, passengers from stupid people, and people out for fun days of flying from having to run down mountainsides with the faintest of hopes that their friends might still have pulses.
1. FOLLOW THE FUCKING REGULATION.
2. STOP INCITING OTHER JACK SHOW ASSHOLES TO VIOLATE IT.
