[TowerTalk] Dacron rope guys
Ted Leaf
tleaf@hotmail.com
Fri, 03 Mar 2000 00:27:12 HST
Hi Guys,
Well, also calculate the weight of this monster rope.
73, Aloha
Ted Leaf, K6HI
Kona, Hawaii
<tleaf@hotmail.com>
It's an interesting thought problem -- how big would a Dacron
rope have
to be to have the 4000 lb breaking strength (assuming a small
tower) of
typical EHS or Phyllistran tower guys? Second thought problem
-- how
much would such a mongo Dacron rope cost per foot, compared to
EHS or
Phyllistran?
Any mechanical engineers out there?
Certainly one can't replace 3/16" EHS with 1/2" Dacron rope.
They aren't
even in the same league strength-wise.
Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASEL Mail: aa4lr@radio.org
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