On 29/09/2014 mikllaw wrote:
>Perhaps you'd survive 12kN in a full body harness (based on the old WW2
>parachute tests), but in a climbing harness you'd be a very bit damaged.
>
>One aspect of the testing is that, as the top load spreader bar can swing
>in space, all the tests where the slings were knotted allowed the rig to
>equalise. The loads would be higher, and the slings 'more broken' if they
>were tested on 2 fixed anchor points.
Mikl - a humble question - is the un-fixed load spreader bar the way they measure the force? How would they measure it on a fixed point... is that doable? |