I know this has beend discussed in many forums before. I have a waverly rc Typhoon and cannot hand launch this plane. (??) I have hand launched many planes and I struggle with this one every time. Is there another 'sure-fire' way? What are you guys doing?? Lets see what people are doing these days, thanks.

Johnny Bronco, Go to search and type in hand launching, go to page 5 scroll down to hand launching by the experts. Punch it up it has some good thoughts on hand launching. I noticed you are from Rexburg, do you fly combat? I just had a combat contest on the 5th of this month at the Shelley field. I am hosting another contest on the 14th of August. If you are interested or would like some help in learning to hand launch please feel free to contact me. Those glass kits from Waverly are great aren't they?[8D]

As you said, lots of good threads on this.

But one thing I haven't seen mentioned, but I have seen done, and now do myself. Go to a hardware store and get some "no skid" meant for stairs or floors. It's kinda like sticky backed sandpaper, but a lot more durable than sandpaper. Figure out where you are comfortable holding the plane, then stick some scraps of this stuff on the fuse there.

You can even paint over it's default black color, and it still provides a darn good grip.

I use an underhand toss, so I put the no-skid just in front of the wings, on either side of the fuse, about where my fingers wind up. I put it on before painting.

It really makes the plane MUCH easier to throw.