SARS - Airlines

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Permalink Reply by Art Bloomer on April 30, 2008 at 12:15pm

First question, do you have the airline and com line attached? Either taped or a wrap. We have them together and we put it into a big loop,( about 3 foot), that we secure with small bungee cords. It is a b**** to flake out, but we don't really get any knots or tangles.

Permalink Reply by Jim Rigstad on April 30, 2008 at 7:33pm

We carry ours in 100 foot lengths in Conspace bags. The bags are really full with airline and comline. We have these in ResQtek sheaths. Another idea is to use linesman coils, this allows the coil to flake off in a straight line.

Permalink Reply by Alex Streichenwein on May 4, 2008 at 8:38pm

We have 100 ft lengths that we coil by using the one over, one under method of coiling it. (not sure of correct name) but it uncoils nice and straight. The coil is about 2 ft in dia. and then we tape the coils.

Permalink Reply by Kevin Schroeder on May 5, 2008 at 9:55am

Art,

We currently are just running the airlines. We hope to have a new Con-Space communications set this year. At that time we will place our comm and airlines together in a tether cover. We are discussing also placing a safety rope in the sheath with the airline and comm line. This would work best for horizontal entries, but have you tried this configuration? With proper safeties and tension relief on the air and comm line this would also work for the belay line for vertical entries. But we have identified some potential shortcomings as far as haul systems and raises, when all componenets are in the same sheath. Real world experience with this configuration would be appreciated.

Permalink Reply by Jim Rigstad on May 5, 2008 at 5:38pm

Alex what you are describing is a linemans coil. Kevin the sheaths supplied from Rescue Tech allow you to place the airline and the comm line inside the sheath and velcro the rescue rope along the outside. This allows you to still use the rope as a belay for vertical entries and still keep a nice tight package.

Permalink Reply by Steve Disick on May 6, 2008 at 4:37pm

I have found that the figure 8 coil works well with both the airline and com line in a sheath. The coil should be done inside a large bag so it can be carried and transported easily and keeps the coil together. Large hockey bags and duffels have worked well for us.

Permalink Reply by Jeremy on November 22, 2008 at 8:14pm

we use 2 inch tubular webbing per rescuer set this works well for our team. It protects your lines. Then everything is ready to deploy right out of a bag or off a real. Also gives you a quick way color code everything if you have to trouble shoot something. Accountability is easier to. you can have a separate color per team or per rescuer. Good luck Hope this has been some help.