Bomb Diggity OAR (offset ascending rack)

[surveyor]

I continue to work on the OAR, which William from the Buzz called the Bomb Diggity.  I am receiving feedback from a climber in Japan and of course the US, and this one shows real promise.  ss spine, 7075 aluminum arms and teardrops.  This one is 12 oz, but will be a bit more with the steel bollard.   The wear points are ss shoulder bolts with a steel elongated bollard in the top arm.  It releases well either DRT or SRT and tends very similar the the Bulldog Bone.

Edited June 5 by surveyor
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[treevolution]

Have you got any videos of it in action you can share.

 

Still on the bulldog bone every day but would love a new device I could use to swap between SRT and DRT. 

 

 

[krummholz]

Is EN certification and a CE mark on the cards?

[surveyor]

1 hour ago, treevolution said:

Have you got any videos of it in action you can share.

 

Still on the bulldog bone every day but would love a new device I could use to swap between SRT and DRT. 

 

 

No sorry, not yet

[surveyor]

55 minutes ago, krummholz said:

Is EN certification and a CE mark on the cards?

No. not at this point in time.

[surveyor]

 

[Mark Bolam]

Looks great Gordon.

 

Is it midline attachable?

[surveyor]

Not midline.  I have been revisiting the OAR at the request of the Japanese climber who says he does not care if it is midline, just so it will work seamlessly DRT/SRT with his Tachyon, which I have been testing with a new elongated bollard in the top arm, in addition to the Tendril shown in the video.  

[Dan Maynard]

It does look good. Midline is nice but not something I'm doing all the time in the tree, whereas DRT/SRT switching I do all the time. That has a much nicer DRT arrangement than RRP.

[AHPP]

In the nicest possible way, why on earth not midline? If you’re going to do something new, it should do what existing things can do and then more, not less.