[LASS Soaring] "Was SuperDuperSupra, er Icon2, now is about line we don't use anymore"

[GordySoar at aol.com]

IN the good ole days (and California contests) we used to use  spliced line 
from Memphis Twine.  It was fine for years but as  airframes improved, winch 
motors standardized, and skill levels rose, the  spliced line started 
breaking... a lot.
 
So one day someone posts a note looking for a different source....Mark pops  
up with a new source that turns out is every bit as good as he (and we hoped 
it  would be)...and line breaks went away, at least from bad line (it can still 
get  cuts and ground damaged).
 
The guys who feel that only they know 'how' to launch imply that a line  
break is now caused by launch abuse or a lack of understanding of the use of  
launch technique.  So if anyone this season breaks a line, he'll be  banished and 
embarrassed, but likely those of great insight will come to provide  launch 
skill enlightenment.
 
The new big planes that pull hard (Sharon, Icon, Perfect) finally had a  
launch that was up to their abilities and that just made things more fun.
 
I have to grin at the shouts and touts of launch system limiters....our  
hobby is in its twilight, its already expensive and NO one is going to just dump  
their club winches and anty up cash for something less.  It ain't gonna  
happen, so take a reality check ;-).
 
Then we have the hard liners: "If you break a line you have to fly it out!"  
:-( Grrrrr!
 
Last I checked we have pretty much decided that MOM is more fun, and it  
ain't MOM if one of our buddies doesn't get a launch.  And last I checked  we 
don't accuse friends of winch line abuse.  Friends, its the reason we do  
contests, to share a day of soaring, a chance to compare our skills with others,  a 
chance to see where the bench mark of skill is compared to our own.
 
Pretty sure Mark still can get that line and will ship it west of the Miss  
:-).

And of course, don't get it wet....it is fishing line, so has been  
engineered to work best when dry. :-)

Gordy



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