
18-01-2017, 13:18
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Mad Scientist
AKA: Me
 FRC #2040 (DERT)
Team Role: Engineer
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Join Date: Apr 2005
Rookie Year: 2003
Location: Peoria, IL
Posts: 1,983
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Re: Best Stopper Knots for Team Supplied Knots
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Originally Posted by Gary Bonner
My initial thought was essentially to splice a loop and then cut the end of the loop, resulting in a "Y" at the end of the line. However, I'm not sure the splice bury would pass the 12" rule.
I'd be interested to hear how the monkey fists perform under a 150# load.
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I'm more interested in a much heavier load when the robot winch keeps turning after the robot has hit the davit 
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