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breaking ALDI climbing gear 6-Aug-2009 At 7:22:01 PM rob668

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On 6/08/2009 devlin66 wrote:
>On 6/08/2009 tas alex wrote:
>>On 6/08/2009 devlin66 wrote:
>>>1kN is approx. to 980kg weight. so 7kN = approx. 6860kg weight. You
>would
>>>need 0.072kN to start pulling you off the ground.
>>
>>force(N) = ma, as a=g(9.8)
>>9.8N = 1kg
>>1kN = ~100kg
>
>Yes, your right. I don't where my head is today. Probably buried in the
>37 drawings they wanted yesterday as always. Maybe if I spent less time
>starung at Chockstone and working i'd get it done :-)
>
>My comment with correction should read....
>
>1kN is approx. to 102kg weight. so 7kN = approx. 714kg weight. You would
>need 0.01kN to start pulling you off the ground.
>
Just for the general public's safety can you please EDIT your original message and stipulate there very simply to not trust what you'd written there.

This will help minimise the chance of some poor punting taking that a 1 kN rated biner (or whatever) will support them, with their 9 best mates, each lugging a slab of beer.

Cheers,

Rob