pic: Thera-Band material

[GDG 2337]

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[Steven Sigley]

I'm really interested in how well this works, do you have any videos?

[Andrew Lawrence]

Nice! How effective did you find it was?

Do you think there are any advantages over polycord?

[jason701802]

How did you splice the ends?

[scottydoh]

How did you splice the ends?

I believe they come as a closed loop band. Someone correct me if I'm wrong.

[Brandon Holley]

We used Thera-Band as a prototype shooter wheel material in 2009. It worked awesomely.

Nice idea using it as an intake belt!

-Brando

[kramarczyk]

How did you splice the ends?

That particular one was connected using rubber cement. I explicitly asked the team that question.

I only recall seeing them out on the field once, but it was moving a ball at the time, so feel free to draw a conclusion from that data point.

[JamesBrown]

What exactly do those weights measure? If I were to apply the rated force to pull the band how far would it stretch?

[Nate Laverdure]

What exactly do those weights measure?
Resistive force (albeit in mass units!) at a certain percent elongation:

http://www.thera-band.com/UserFiles/PullForceChartUpdate_500pxW.jpg (http://www.thera-band.com/faqs_consumer.php#faq_1)

EDIT: more data is available in the Thera-Band Instruction Manual (http://www.thera-band.com/UserFiles/File/Resistance_Band-Tubing_Instruction_Manual.pdf). The OP's table corresponds to approximately 50% elongation.

[nnfuller]

Well right from the get go it has the advantage of not needing a 2 inch diameter pulley to work.

[Timz3082]

Just thought I would comment because this looks like it could help people with their frisbee intake ideas! I will show this to my team and see what they think!