12-01-2017, 17:06
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Alumni turned Mentor
AKA: Branden Gunn
 FRC #4761 Team Role: Mentor
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Join Date: Jan 2007
Rookie Year: 1996
Location: Reading, MA
Posts: 877
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Re: What's the best rope?
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Originally Posted by mwmac
After speaking with representatives of Pigeon Mountain Industries, (manufacturer of the retro-reflective rescue rope), I believe neither the question that was asked nor the answer given really settle the issue. IMO, microscopic beads of glass contained entirely within an individual nylon fiber which is then woven into the rope sheath covering the rescue rope clearly does not render the nylon fiber any less a fiber nor inflexible. Just my two cents. Careful wording of questions in Q&A is paramount.
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correct, the beads don't make the nylon less flexible or less fiber. however the beads themselves are neither flexible, nor fiber, and as such, disqualify the whole rope.
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