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ratline design

Thread starter lifeline38
Start date Yesterday at 11:40 PM

Yesterday at 11:40 PM

lifeline38

Structural

Hi I am doing a horizontal ratline design currently. OSHA requires the HLL system to have a safety factor of two. For the 3/8" aircraft wire we are using the safe load for the wire already has a safety factor of 5. Does this SF=5 already cover that OSHA required SF=2 or should I multiply them to have a total SF=10 for the wire? Thanks a lot.