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Remember: an applied force has magnitude and direction. This
manual will refer to resultant forces and resultant directions.
Tripod Stabilisation
Tripods make use of three legs all of which are in compression.
Some tripods applications may require additional rigging to
provide sufficient stabilisation and security.
If a tripod is rigged in such a way that the resultant force and
direction are being applied downwards and if it remains within
the triangular base (the triangle formed by the leg securing
rope) then the tripod will remain stable. If the load shifts closer
to any given leg then the load being applied to that leg
increases but the tripod will remain stable.
If the resultant force and direction is being applied outside of the triangular base then the tripod
will become unstable. Additional rigging will be required to maintain tripod security. Some of the
rigging will remain under tension and other rigging may be used to preload the edge
management system.
Arachnipod User Manual
Version: 4.0
Date: 19 March 2010
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