All in all, I do not see the advantages and see a few disadvantages for going back to the wooden ramp launch.
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? Tom McGowan
Tom makes a very compelling case.? I'm not at all convinced that a ramp would improve the safety of the launch and the potential liability issues are substantial.? I count myself among those who believe that High Rock is among the safest sites we have.
I flew the Henson's gap fly in last fall, albeit not from the radial ramp.? From the other side of the valley they generally established a "blown out" limit that was well inside what we routinely launch in.? If their accident rate is higher than ours, and I don't know that, it is unlikly that it is because they launch in generally stronger conditions.
Dan T