Man, you guys have gotten the eye of the homebrew Guru! What a coup. Kudos to you. Don’t catch the flu. OK, OK. Pasi, In theory, that sounds perfect to me. But will it work as well as the one you already have? Can it be made practically? Perhaps you could pump up the chambers individually, but perhaps you may find they need to be pressured equally. Sounds like more fun experimenting.
And I agree with Cap, the cuff seems like an elegant start, if for no other reason than the pressure bulb and release. Of course, it would quadruple the cost of Pasi’s original design to use one instead of the inner-tube. And the cuff may not be as robust, and therefore not able to handle as much pressure as the inner-tube - and we know we need a LOT of pressure to hang more than 10 pounds or so. Also, does the pressure bulb put out enough pressure for serious hanging? Unknowns as yet. What the cuff is, without mods, is a really comfortable ADS. Can it be more? I suspect (and hope) BG will let us know soon. If not, I am determined to acquire one sometime this week should I be able to steal a car for a day (kind of hard to twist the bike throttle right now).
Cap, my understanding of Pasi’s hanger is just as you describe - essentially an air-pressured Wench. That’s what his pictures show anyway. That’s how I am building it too. Right now it appears he is using one air chamber that wraps around underneath leaving the dorsal area unpressurized. His new thought is to use two chambers, one on each side. I like that even better, but it sure complicates an already difficult construction. Still, I would rather spend time building than wrapping. Wrapping sucks.
You know, I still use my Chickenchoker hanger when I get tired of wrapping or clamping, or messing with stuff (usually once I have hit fatigue and drop back to 10 pounds). It is so simple, so quick, and requires no wrap. Seconds on, seconds off. My hope is that an air hanger could potentially be as easy to use, plus would hold more than the 10 pound choker limit. Hanging Nirvana. Pasi, BG and Cap, you guys are making my dreams come true - I love you guys (yeah, I did just take a few Percocets…)
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