I'm pretty certain that Dyneema is the material name, not a brand. I'm also pretty certain that "Spectra" is the Dyneema that is produced by Honeywell.
I understand that phonies are to be avoided, due to being of dubious quality, but how is anyone but the purchaser to know what they have?
It seems that the pilot will be "on their honor" there. Just as they are with regards to the test strength of the lines, since it flattens out when you measure it.
The whole thing is interesting because as someone pointed out, ANY brand of steel line is allowed, and that could be of dubious quality as well.
The pull test should weed out the problems, but, we don't pull test before EVERY flight at a contest, do we? Then there is no way of knowing if lines get damaged between the flights at a contest, after the pull test has been done prior...
I don't see the logic of specifying a brand of material.
What happens when better brand and use of that material comes out? You can't use it, because of the specification I guess, right?
I'd like to hear an explanation by the gents that submitted the proposal.
I'm sure they could shed some light on what their thought process was at the time.
No angst intended to anyone....
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