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Re: Commissioned Report on Indiana Fair Tragedy

Phil, by self-supporting I had in mind this sort of thing  Orbit Stage - Serious Stages this one is one I've been on and actually helped put part of the cover on not fun in freezing temps.  I've never seen guying involved with these stages though there is some ropework involved in the cover, these have their limits as well re wind, weight etc and no doubt some muppet will find out the hard way what happens if you ignore the limits. Flexible rigging ie guy ropes etc is something I know a fair bit about due to restoring old aircraft, over the years I've learnt that it is very easy to put a brace wire in the wrong place or even simply get the angle and tension wrong and they can be next to useless  even though it all looks fine ( not fun watching a wheel disappear up a runway because someone didn't tension a wire right)   which is what makes me ask about alternatives G