[Rhodes22-list] Short Cycle Fatigue Failure In StainlessSteel Tang

[Roger Pihlaja]

Lou,

I can't tell if you're yanking my chain or not.  So, I'm going to assume you
really don't know what a tang is & just answer your question straight up.
Look on the end of your boom.  There should be a piece of polished stainless
steel bar stock bolted to the end of the boom, about 1/8 inch thick X 1 inch
wide X 5 inch long.  The shackle on the upper block of the mainsheet is
attached thru a 5/8 inch ID hole in the end of that piece of bar stock.
That piece of stainless steel bar stock is called the tang and it is a
critical loaded element in the mainsheet system.  If the tang were to fail
under load, the swing of the boom would be completely uncontrolled.

Roger Pihlaja
S/V Dynamic Equilibrium

----- Original Message -----
From: "Lou Rosenberg" <lsr3 at MAIL.nyu.edu>
To: "The Rhodes 22 mail list" <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
Sent: Thursday, May 06, 2004 1:51 PM
Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Short Cycle Fatigue Failure In StainlessSteel
Tang


> Roger,
>   What the HELL is the TANG???
>   and does it come in different flavors besides organge?
>   will it help me attain astronaut status if I place it on end of my boom?
>   L
> __________________________________________________
> Use Rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org, Help? www.rhodes22.org/list
>
>