Hi,
I guess this is a rigging question but the only time I've used a maillon was when caving so here I am...
My question is, what is the minor axis of a "D" shaped maillon? The reason I'm asking is that there is quite a bit of difference between the two and i wan't to be sure if I'm loading it right.
I looked all over the Internet but could not find information. However, based on the Petl Omni booklet I would guess that any load that is not perpendicular to the straight part of the maillon is to be considered a major axis load.
Or in the terms of the image bellow, where [3] is the maillon, [4] is some load, [1] and [2] are anchor slings wrapped around lets say...two trees. So when using sling [1] it is a minor axis rating? When using sling [2] it is a major axis rating?
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Does all this make sense?