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Re: Devils' Tower first rise under power!

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Originally Posted by MasonMM

what kind of cables are you using? and how is it strung up? just 2 peices, or is there one peice for each side of each section?

We are using galvanized steel aircraft cable (7 x 7) 1/16 inch diameter. It has a breaking strength of 480 lb which gives us a safety factor of around 6 for our maximum static loading conditions. I'm just a bit unsure if that will be enough to handle all of the dynamic loads we might see but we hope to test it heavily over the next couple of days. The tower sections were cut flat patterns in halves, then bent and joined together in the middle of the side panel area - that way we got good straight and parallel corners and did not have to worry about welding distortion fouling up our critical fits. As I mentioned previously we used the cascade style of rigging - a good simple explanation can be found HERE

I will try to post some pictures either tonight or tomorrow.

Re: Devils' Tower first rise under power!

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Originally Posted by Bob Steele

By the way Dave,

Stu's 234 gripper holds a place of honor on the shelves of Team 1018.
As you remember... the gripper was given to Stu when he left the "dark" side and joined the RoboDevils...

CYA at the Boilermaker

If 234 is the dark side would that make me Lord Sith or Darth Vader? If Vader thats cool but if Lord Sith I would have a problem in the fact that all you can see is his lower chin and I am a little chin deficient.

After checking this for spelling I am realizing that my jockness is slowly slipping away. :o