Hi Al W6LX, et. al. --

I bought a 'real' EZ HANG from Dennis (KG4ETM) at Dayton,
(http://ezhang.com) and after taking a few trial shots
I had *no* problem shooting the one ounce weight over a
135+ foot Tulip Poplar tree in my back yard in northern
Virginia.

The tree was so tall that I used -all- 300 feet of the
monofilament line and the weight ended up about three feet
off the ground.

My point is that if you use an "EZ Hang" (or a counterfeit)
properly, that thing really works!

Wish you were closer so I could show you. It's a great
gadget!

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News Features wrote:
Jim's calculations have confirmed something I've consistently experienced:
my homebrew EZ-Hang has never really lived up to my expectations, or should
I say the expectations that others have set for the performance of the
thing. (For the record, my homebrew device is an exact copy of the famous
EZ-Hang.)

For the past three Field Days, which is when I've used the thing, the
maximum height I've seemed to attain is around 50 feet-- right in the
ballpark for a 1 oz. weight with line and air drags. No matter what I've
tried, that's the limit of height for the parameters of my situation.

Thanks, Jim.

Al W6LX