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From: "John Gospodarek" <John.Gospodarek@...>
Date: Friday, March 26, 2004 2:07 PM
Subject: Re: Posted Ultralight BUG Photos
--- In BugHLG@yahoogroups.com, "chiphead_dave" <chiphead_dave@y...> wrote: > You launch w/ your thumb underneath. > > Is this the standard method for most people? > Thats how I do it. John > Dave > > > --- In BugHLG@yahoogroups.com, "jason_wasylyk" <thetoothdoc@s...> > wrote: > > --- In BugHLG@yahoogroups.com, "John" <gldrgidr@m...> wrote: > > > Jason, > > > Nice Bug. > > > > Thanks > > > > > Is it difficult to see a bug with the clear covering at altitude? > > > > > Not at all. There's enough wood to help at lower altitudes and > > farther away you get a lot of flashing in the sun. Good sunglasses > > really help you to pick out the outline at distance. It > essentially > > looks like a flashing black dot far away. > > > > OOOPS...thumpad is actually an "index finger second knuckle pad"... > > I launch like everybody (I assume) else with my thumb underneath. > > Good observation, John.