cobra-loopie

[DrewB]

would there be any problems/issues with using some left over cobra to make up a loopie sling or whoopie sling? to be used for light lowering, nothing major. lots of work in cbd area so everything has to be lowered due to cars, buildings,people etc...

[stevenson]

Cobra is polypropylene and will begin to fray more or less straight away. It will look hairy within a few uses and break soon thereafter. Its poor abrasion resistance is why you use a sleeve where it goes around the limb when bracing.

 

Furthermore it has no stretch (for shock absorption) and will give up the ghost with no warning whatsoever - to provide stretch you have a separate, shock absorber insert in bracing setups.

 

Bottom line - bloody dangerous, so no.

[DrewB]

cheers, i wont do it then.