Steel Soldiers now has a few new forums, read more about it at: New Munitions Forums!
Microsoft MSN, Live, Hotmail, Outlook email users may not be receiving emails. We are working to resolve this issue. Please add support@steelsoldiers.com to your trusted contacts.
Synthetic line (rope/strap) comes in two qualities: Static and Dynamic.
Static line (rigging strap) does NOT stretch. Dynamic line (kinetic energy recovery rope) however does stretch (and is designed/intended to do so).
Failure of a Static line is non-dramatic: the line parts and each end...
Different synthetic materials have different elasticities, and the issue is the potential energy stored in that material. Some synthetics stretch; some not so much. It's a matter of knowing which is which. "Synthetic" does not automatically mean "safe".
If a synththeic rope/sling stretches...