Glider winch launch question
I saw my first glider winch launch the other day. I understood the principle but had never seen it done before. The first thing that struck me though was what would happen if the the cable release failed?
With an aircraft tow you clearly have time to work the problem. But with a ground winch, which seems to involve release when the cable approaches vertical, then a failure to release looks like it would very rapidly get very serious.