In this short video we broke a weak link during a winch launch. The weak link is designed to break at a certain strain on the rope, to avoid damage to either the winch or the glider. While not an incident or glider accident, it's just part of winching.

The main cause of this was the winch was running too fast at the top of the launch, when the power should be reduced.

A rope break can happen at any height, and we are taught how to handle any situation on the winch to avoid a glider crash.

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00:00 Winch Launch

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