From:	Bruce gyro@********.co.za
Subject:	cyberarm grapple gun line
Date:	Thu, 30 Sep 1999 16:05:46 +0200

-----Original Message-----
From: Eric Lemme <e-lemme@***.cso.uiuc.edu>
To: shadowrn@*********.org <shadowrn@*********.org>
Date: 30 September 1999 02:56
Subject: Re: cyberarm grapple gun line


>I used it as an example of line size. Anyone with a couple of decent
>cyberarms has a A resources and would be able to commit consider
>resources to something a mundane as a high tech high strength rope.
>Monofiliment exists at leats for whips so it seems reasonable that a
>line comparable to today's fishing line would be available for those
>with the resources. I wonder what you could get today if you were
>willing to spend 10000-20000 dollars on 100m of the best line you
could
>find.

Problem is that such a line would have phenomenal strength along its
length, but would be pretty vulnerable to breakage if it snagged and
pressure was applied across the length. This happens often in rock
climbing and is one of the reasons climbing ropes have so many
strands. The 50m rope I climb with weighs about 10 kgs and other
stregths and weights are avaliable. I geuss by the 2060s better techa
nd materials will be available, but I dont see anyone breaking the 1kg
to 10m barrier for a while. All this basically means that I dont see a
viable rope and grapple system being installed in a cyberarm.

- + - BRUCE <gyro@********.co.za> -

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