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Re: How Fast Can you Safely Climb?

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Originally Posted by Ginger Power View Post
What happens when the retaining knot is solid, the gear ratios are low, and the rope is rated to ridiculous tensile strengths? Is there a realistic possibility that something on the field could break?

What recommendations do people have so teams

1. Don't burn out climber motors
2. Don't break the field
As Bruceb noted, you could have some way to detect a spike in current that the climb motor is drawing, and use this as a trigger to stop running the motor. (I'm not a programmer, but I know that the control system lets you monitor current outputs.) Or, you could set up a system where there is a flexible plate over a limit switch, such that when it is pushed against the touch sensor the plate will bend down and trip the limit switch. This way it could apply the required force to activate the sensor, but stop you from trying to tear the airship apart.
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