This might be a dumb idea, or one that was already discussed in the mists of time, but I can't seem to find a thread on it and I can't seem to find an obvious problem with it.
I made some whoopie slings for a friend tonight and had the following idea:
What if you used the loose end of a whoopie sling as an optional attachment point? That is, you have a normal whoopie sling, but instead of just having the end of extra rope terminate in some sort of stopper, have it terminate in another fixed eye loop.
That way, you can either use the whoopie sling as a normal whoopie sling, ignoring the extra fixed loop...
...OR you can attach one end to the extra fixed loop. This essentially makes your whoopie sling a UCR, but with one end still an adjustable loop. You can extend it to almost the entire length of the rope used (like a UCR), but only one side is tensioned (like a UCR). You extend it by shortening the adjustable loop, instead of lengthening it.
Pros:
Maintains 100% functionality of the whoopie sling in normal use
--- both sides of the bury tensioned,
--- shorter minimum length than a UCR,
Adds the ability to lengthen to the same length of a UCR.
---- actually very slightly longer than a UCR
Cons:
If you use it in UCR mode, one end of the bury isn't tensioned (just like a UCR)
--- You'd either need to use the ole' boots-tied-to-the-slack-end method
--- or more likely somehow add a temporary prussik to tension it
You need some way to swap out which fixed end your using
--- a lot of current whoopie setups aren't meant for that
--- easiest way is probably adding a soft shackle somewhere
This is all mostly silly
--- there's probably a reason this isn't already standard
--- let's be real we'd all be better off using beckett hitches
I made a little diagram if what I said wasn't clear
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