RW, that sounds about right. You want to simply make sure that the rudder and engine don't point into the circle. The idea is to have the plane fly as tangent to the circle as possible. Line tension is the result of speed. Yawing the plane out with rudder or motor offset increases drag, slowing the plane and decreasing tension. You use a leadout adjuster to compensate for the drag of the lines and keep the model tangent as well.

Simple rule of thumb for takeoffs-take off dead down wind.

Yep, same here-crappy weather. Rain and wind. It is supposed to freeze tonight.

Kelvin