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Thanks for the video. Glad to hear you weren't hurt and that it did not ruin your trip. The need for testing gear and equipment is a valuable lesson for us all to learn from your experience..
Terry
First time post for me so go easy on me guys. Love the forum though and all the great info.
Sweetpea might be on to something with the suggestion that the whoopie sling could be the culprit. I have been reading several forums that posted similar hammock failures and, surprisingly, with various fabrics. Here's the URL for a torn hammock that looks remarkably like yours but it was in a prototype cuben fiber model. The common issue in both was a whoopie sling.
http://www.backpackinglight.com/cgi-...hread_id=32956
My other thought was that perhaps this type of "burst" failure, as they call it in sailmaking, is the signature of these lightweight fabrics when they develop a snag or defect that weakens it enough to overload the surrounding material.
I'd be curious what others think as I'm planning my first MYOG hammock and would like to avoid a similar fate. I'd also love to see a data table to show the strength of the various materials we're using to build our hammocks.
Failures such as this are probably the best argument for double layer hammocks... Anyone tried a double layer cuben fiber hammock yet?
Glad you weren't hurt.
In his "factor of safety" thread, Captn mentions how GT rates the Nano for a higher weight (250#) than Hennessy would (180#) for a hammock using the same material. Maybe GT should reconsider the Nano's rating or materials.
http://www.hammockforums.net/forum/s...ad.php?t=29170
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Nice vid work. Makes we want to hit the AT again this year.
I like big hammocks - I cannot like.
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