an immediate 180-degree turn into the wind (over trees) at a 45-degree bank and continued another 45 degrees to intercept the runway.
We often have a crosswind at Harris Hill, and it is not possible to launch into the wind as the runway is much narrower than it is long. So when the rope breaks, you turn into the wind. One of the questions you should ask yourself as you prepare for launch, which way am I going to go if the rope breaks? Nothing Cory Lidle would understand but I hope the rest of us do.
There are some hilltop sites which due to the slope on them are take off downhill and land uphill runways, particularly when aerotowing.
Harris Hill is another of these sites. For us it is not so much about uphill vs downhill, but with only 1115' of pavement we only launch off the hill, and not toward the middle of it with its inhospitable terrain. When it gets to about 10 kts tailwind, we knock it off (which is yankee for we quit flying).
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