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<blockquote data-quote="Milt Hathaway" data-source="post: 73158" data-attributes="member: 26">Re: Another flying issueThank you for the additional photos. Quite honestly, I see very little wrong with that system. They have the truss loaded in its strongest direction, they aren&#039;t relying on the motors to hold the load, they&#039;ve definitely overbuilt that &quot;knocked-up design&quot;. I&#039;d like to see something better than a truck strap as the &#039;counter-weight&#039; on the back, since it is holding at least a 400# load. I&#039;d also like to see how they are keeping it upright, but I&#039;m guessing the subs are ballast. A nice touch is the subs being strapped down so that they don&#039;t suddenly stop being ballast.I&#039;ve posted some scary rigging pics here before. This doesn&#039;t come close, and I would have little problem being under and/or around these. I&#039;d bitch about the truck straps and tell them they need to replace those &#039;biners with proper wire rope slings, but that&#039;s about it.(Quite frankly, the most dangerous part of these assemblies is the requirement that someone get to the top of that tower to do the dead-off.)</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Milt Hathaway, post: 73158, member: 26"] Re: Another flying issue Thank you for the additional photos. Quite honestly, I see very little wrong with that system. They have the truss loaded in its strongest direction, they aren't relying on the motors to hold the load, they've definitely overbuilt that "knocked-up design". I'd like to see something better than a truck strap as the 'counter-weight' on the back, since it is holding at least a 400# load. I'd also like to see how they are keeping it upright, but I'm guessing the subs are ballast. A nice touch is the subs being strapped down so that they don't suddenly stop being ballast. I've posted some scary rigging pics here before. This doesn't come close, and I would have little problem being under and/or around these. I'd bitch about the truck straps and tell them they need to replace those 'biners with proper wire rope slings, but that's about it. (Quite frankly, the most dangerous part of these assemblies is the requirement that someone get to the top of that tower to do the dead-off.) [/QUOTE]

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