Tuesday, March 25, 2008

GOOD STUFF!

The weather here in SLC has finally let up and flying is looking good. Last weekend was spent out towing at Cedar Fort and it was beautiful both days. Friday turned out to be a bit windy/thermic but still tow-able. We arrived around 3:30pm so conditions were definitely going to be on the big side. We started off with two tows with Becky (my wife) and I to warm things up. Tows were great and the air was rocking! Hitting peaks of 1000 fpm on tow was a great way to see how the winch performed under high loads. After our two tows, we did two tandem tows with Chris in the same conditions. The winch performed great! No over heating issues, pressure issues, etc...absolutely no problems!

Saturday was spent with several of our close friends out in the desert. After calling the wind and figuring the point wouldn't be working till later, we decided to go back out towing. We did 9 back to back tows until we started seeing BIG dusties and decided to call it. The day went off without a glitch and everyone was stoked. It sure is a lot of fun to be able to go out with some good friends to fly and not worry about what direction the wind is going to be blowing at the local hill! Its also nice to see that this winch is operating with no problems day after day. I think I have finally convinced myself that this thing is ready to be released for sale.

After towing saturday, we headed over to the north side for some free flying. After all Beck and I didn't get any tows...We need to get some people up to speed now on running the dial so we can fly more!

Contact Chris if you are interested in a demo or purchase. This thing is ready! I couldn't be more pleased with the results and I'm sure anyone who sees it and/or gives it a try will say the same.

I'm going to dig up some more video/pictures and post them up...more to come...

Happy tows!

4 comments:

loren said...

Yeah man, smooth as butter. Had a great time on Saturday, thanks for the tows.

Damen said...

Hell Yeah! These were some really smooth tows. This is an awesome setup you put together. Nice work!
Thanks again for the tows.

David said...

Great setup and a great time!! Thanks a bunch for the towing on Saturday. The rig works awesome and your tow tech (Becky)) is equally awesome. Didn't even have to run!! (works cause I'm partially cripple! lol!!).

Seriously though this Tow Rig is top notch in performance and quality. If you are considering a rig for yourself or a club look know further.

dennis said...

amazing day in the desert. good people, great flying, and one solid setup. thanks for working so hard on the tow rig, but then again i expect no less from a rocket engineer :) seriously though, i realize why there isn't more tow rigs out there, because of the time, construction, fore- thought, and hard work it takes to make it happen. i appreciate all those long hours u spent making a bomber setup. thanks again for a great weekend. and a holla to ur tow tech Bec!