Our latest and most popular choices of glider winches are the EVO ELECTRO, the EVO, the ECO and the UNO. There’s a glider winch to suit every club’s budget and winching requirements.
Skylaunch has developed its latest generation electric winch in collaboration with a group of pilots, winch operators, mechanical engineers, electrical engineers, electronic engineers and operators of existing electric launch winches. Based on proven mechanical designs the EVO Electro moves us towards the future of winching.
The Skylaunch EVO is the latest generation of the Skylaunch winch and our flagship model. There are now over 150 winches sold to over 40 countries worldwide. The compact design has been proven with over 20 years of operation, the design team having over 100 years & 400,000 launches winching experience between them.
The Skylaunch Evolution MAX is a four drum winch which uses all the proven components of the popular Evolution winch model but with two extra drums. Available with electric or combustion engines.
We carry out many refurbishments to either club-built or professionally-built winches bringing them up to the same standards and specifications of a Skylaunch EVO but at a fraction of the cost. We can also carry out part upgrades – for example fitting either a new engine, final drive & drum system or just our control system.
The UNO is a single drum design winch using many of the EVO’s proven components at a more affordable price. For clubs with a tight budget but still has around 80% of the launch rate of a twin drum model and gives the fastest possible launch rate when used with a retrieve winch.
This unique high speed winch system increases launch rates toup to 30 gliders per hour. It eliminates airfield damage caused by cable tow vehicles and increases the life of the launching cable.
Robust design, proven over 15 years operation, with many safety features ensures a reliable, easily operated and maintained long life machine.
In response to demand for us to supply parts and components to clubs around the world we have now put together some standard kits to make it easier for clubs to build or update their own winches at a very reasonable cost.
There are various levels of build from just the main components such as the bevel box, drums, guilotines and roller boxes to kits which also include the chassis and cab. It’s possible start off with a very basic single drum winch with no cab and add to it as time and finances allow.
Need something extra? Contact us for a chat about a special purpose winch.