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Thin rope!
We have been discussing on our team how a thin rope will be attached on the air ship. With a thick rope its the knot that keeps it from sliding through the two tabs with the pin through it. If you use a thin rope, do you have to make a really big knot? Or can you make a loop and hook it to something? Anybody out there know? Thanks in advance!
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Re: Thin rope!
You are required to have a retaining feature greater than 1 inch in your rope.
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Re: Thin rope!
Take a look at the monkeys fist knot. It's pretty large and depending on the number of windings you do, can be as large as you'd like. Also they look really cool!
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So if using a thin rope, like 1/8 or 1/4" then you must make enough knots to be greater than 1"? You cannot make a loop to hook it on the airship?
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Re: Thin rope!
It looks like a Slot that the knot sits in, so if you have a thin rope, with a thin knot, it will slip through.
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Re: Thin rope!
Something like this? http://www.sky-international.com/pro...e-ball-fenders
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Re: Thin rope!
Just realized those things are huge. Some shaped like that would work. Maybe a disc swing could be used as the top anchor? Or would that be too big?
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Re: Thin rope!
Yes if the larger-than-1-inch retaining feature must be part of the ROPE, then I guess a knot it is.
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Re: Thin rope!
It is not made of non-metallic, woven fibers, so it is not legal to be a part of the rope.
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We're looking at a .301" diameter rope a that should spool very nicely, but I'm afraid of looking back and thinking we could've done more.
Last edited by AdamHeard : 13-01-2017 at 15:55. |
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![]() The image above is a three-strand monkey's fist in 3/8" braided polyester rope. Knot diameter ~2.3 inch. Rep points to the first student who ties one, measures the length of rope required between the two taped points, and posts a correct result (+/- 30 mm). |
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Re: Thin rope!
One of these things is not like the other...
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