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Details of the winch

The gliding club uses a winch to launch its gliders. Incorporated into the winch are guillotines that are operated by the winch driver. These are made by club member Keith Hill. If you want guillotines for your winch, speak to Keith.

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Winch showing guillotine behind rollers.

WINCH SCHEMATIC The following illustration shows the operating priciple of the guillotine and general information. Keith Hill's phone number is 03 50245448 if you want to contact him.

Winch guillotine information in pdf format