Dragging a wing while winch launching can be incredibly dangerous. In this video I analyse this accident, where a number of factors combine to create this accident including long grass, not enough wing running, and failure to release in time.

Official report in french:
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Original video:
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British Gliding Association Winch Accident Simulations:
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British Gliding Association Safe Winching Guidance:
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British Gliding Association Stop the Drop presentation:
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Bill's excellent video on how winch launching works:
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00:00 Intro
00:50 Keeping wings level
01:14 Wing Running
02:09 Torque
03:41 Long Grass
04:35 Wind
05:10 Releasing too Late
06:16 PreFlight Thinking
07:14 Conclusion
08:15 Me landing badly outro :)