10-19-2010, 09:58 PM
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Craftsman
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Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Minneapolis, MN
Posts: 202
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Originally Posted by John Brohm
Where we fly there is this long row of trees that runs down the middle of the recovery fairway. Most rockets that have the misfortune of landing in these trees seldom catch in the tops, but instead in branches to the side. A longer shock cord means the rocket hangs lower, and at least increases the chances of a successful retrieval.
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Cool. I could see it going both ways - a smaller cord might not catch at all, whereas a longer one might loop over a high branch and hang down from both sides. I guess if you can somehow pull it down though, that's when it pays off  |