> If you are using a spur gear winch without the brake engaged, watch
> out
> for the drive handle when it starts to spin, it can be back-driven
> to
> extremely high rpms and cause you damage!
That's very true.
Long ago there was an article in QST...might
have been by/for KH6IJ, about his method to control that spin....IIRC, he
attached a cord to the brake latch and the other end to a brick.
The idea was that if he lost control of the handle when cranking
the tower "down", he would drop the brick to set the brake latch.
I adopted that method except that I use a spring to normally
keep the latched engaged, then attach a cord to the latch
itself and pull it in order to un-latch the latch when I need
to.
I'm not saying either method is perfect, but that's what I
do when I'm tilting over my old EZ-way 50-footer. So far,
so good.
73,
Charlie, N0TT
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