I weigh just over 200lbs, for safety let's say 215, although most of the time it's considerably less than that. My question is:
1) what components can I get away with being dynaglide or zing-it?
2) Would I be able to safely get away with dynaglide instead of 7/64 amsteel for the main suspension lines coming off the tree huggers, or is that crazy? If I get a 30 degree hang, each line off of the tree huggers will be carrying my full weight, (half my weight, per side, resolved in the vertical direction, times 2 due to angle) and if the angle goes shallower, the load in these components will quickly increase, by a lot!
3) What about a zing-it ridge line? If I again assume a 30 degree hang off the tree straps, the MAXIMUM tension in the ridgeline will be 85% of my weight (sqrt(3)/2), but in practice, it will be considerably less than this because the hammock won't be hanging straight down from where the main suspension coming from the tree straps meets the hammock and ridgeline. (The hammock will provide some inwards tension to relieve the ridgeline.
4) Has anyone tried splicing in the ridgeline section of a continuous, single line suspension system with zing-it/lash-it and having the ends/main suspension 7/64 amsteel? Is this feasible, or is it impossible to bury the amsteel in the zing-it (after a locking brummel)? I suppose you could always use knots instead of splicing. Here is an ascii art diagram of what I mean:
amsteel splice zing-it splice amsteel
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ridgeline
I'm a gram weenie in training, and am building a new suspension system. I am a good splicer and knot tier (with a background in sailing and seamanship as well as climbing) and am going to be using a mostly hardware-less setup, with my own home-made soft-shackles.
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