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General control line discussion => Open Forum => Topic started by: Ironbomb on August 27, 2006, 10:29:39 AM
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During flying the other day, I was walking my lines back out to the handle, and the handle snaged on a tough weed. the result was a really twised and kinked line, at the handle. I am sorta P.Ohed at myself, and this was a new set of lines. (I can cut the damage off, and only shorten the line by less than a foot. 68' now) So I finally made this "handle stand" I have heard others mention using. Let me tell you, what a huge difference it makes in handling the lines. They never touched the ground once after I had them set up. I flew six flight this morning and had zero twists or kinks, happiness <= .
So now I have my launch stooge, and the handle stand. Next wil be a telescoping pole for a wind sock.
What other pieces of equipment do you guys use to make flying alone easier? here is my simple handle stand, made from a broken snow scraper I threw away, but retrieved when it poked thru the plastic bag. It pays to be a pack rat sometimes
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I don't so much use hardware as procedure...
When I can I fly over hard paving. That eliminates driving a spike into the surface. A hammer, or other similarly solid, hefty piece of trunk trash, can serve as a handle anchor. Out of a stooge, during landing glide, I try to set down so the handle is close to whatever handle-anchor I'm using that day.
Wherever the model comes to rest, the handle goes on the anchor, first. THEN, the model is picked up and walked back to the stooge stage, with the lines kept off the ground. Any slack, twists, or poor positioning, is walked out, before refueling for the next flight.
IMPORTANT: This is the opportunity to make sure stooge release and flying lines are clear and properly positioned relevant to each other.
15 years of occasional stooge use, and no (permanent) injuries.