Ok I can hear you all saying this is in the achives but being the slack bugger I am I can't find the time to go thru it all. Please remind me what is the correct tension for the rigging on a "260". I have just purchased a Loos guage and what I have is a gauge that gives a metric read out with a sheet of paper (manual I suspect) that is in imperial measurement. I think from memory the figures were about 617 for the 5/32nd and 353 for the 1/8th?? So what does this mean in metric and how does it relate to the metric calabrated loos gauge??? "HELP"
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Pounds
I have a 26' and it has 3/16" shrouds. Somewhere in the archives it say 10% and 20% of breaking strength, which equates to 220 and 440 lbs. My Loos is in pounds... and it came with a handy wire diameter measurer thingy. They are hard to measure otherwise.
I have a 26' and it has 3/16" shrouds. Somewhere in the archives it say 10% and 20% of breaking strength, which equates to 220 and 440 lbs. My Loos is in pounds... and it came with a handy wire diameter measurer thingy. They are hard to measure otherwise.
"260"
The size of the rigging on a 26 is different to a 260 so I really need to hear from a 260 owner.
The size of the rigging on a 26 is different to a 260 so I really need to hear from a 260 owner.
H260 Rigging
Hunter uses Hackensack 316 Stainless Steel 1/8"/3.2mm and 5/32/4mm stainless steel cable on the H260. Hunter provided me with a spec sheet that says the nominal breaking strength is 1780lbs and 2800lbs respectively. They recommend rigging be set at 20 percent of nominal breaking strength. I have the PT-1 Loose Gage. Set up RD1 (1/8"/3.2mm) to 356 lbs This should be about 26 on the PT-1 Loos Gage. Set D1, D2, and V1 (5/32/4mm) to 560 lbs or about 37 on the Loos Gage. I set my rig at 25 and 35 respectively and there are no slack leeward shrouds at any time. Never did figure out how to check the D2 upper shrouds. The instructions for the PT-1 also has a Kgs tension chart. It says 26 = 170 Kgs for 3mm and 37 = 260 Kgs for 4mm. That seems to work out pretty close. For example: 356 lbs * .455 = 162 Kgs; 560 lbs * .455 = 255 Kgs Mark, if you break something don't blame me. Go to my site where I have info on the B & R Rig and some checklists that might help. I'll send you a scan of the Kgs Scale on my gage. Maybe that will help. http://webpages.charter.net/gkobernus/H260_web/default.html
Hunter uses Hackensack 316 Stainless Steel 1/8"/3.2mm and 5/32/4mm stainless steel cable on the H260. Hunter provided me with a spec sheet that says the nominal breaking strength is 1780lbs and 2800lbs respectively. They recommend rigging be set at 20 percent of nominal breaking strength. I have the PT-1 Loose Gage. Set up RD1 (1/8"/3.2mm) to 356 lbs This should be about 26 on the PT-1 Loos Gage. Set D1, D2, and V1 (5/32/4mm) to 560 lbs or about 37 on the Loos Gage. I set my rig at 25 and 35 respectively and there are no slack leeward shrouds at any time. Never did figure out how to check the D2 upper shrouds. The instructions for the PT-1 also has a Kgs tension chart. It says 26 = 170 Kgs for 3mm and 37 = 260 Kgs for 4mm. That seems to work out pretty close. For example: 356 lbs * .455 = 162 Kgs; 560 lbs * .455 = 255 Kgs Mark, if you break something don't blame me. Go to my site where I have info on the B & R Rig and some checklists that might help. I'll send you a scan of the Kgs Scale on my gage. Maybe that will help. http://webpages.charter.net/gkobernus/H260_web/default.html
Archives DIrection
Mark, The best and most detailed directions for adjusting the standing rigging was done by Ray Bowles in 2002. It is more detailed than you might want, but the writeup was posted by somewhat else and is easy to find in archives. Go to Archives Forum, search under the term "rigging tension", year 2002, and it will bring up Ray's writeup under the posting called "Ray's Guide to Standing Rigging" -posted on 4/16/02. I have a 26, but have tuned mine at about 400 lbs on lowers, and 600 lbs. on uppers and this works nicely. Good Luck!!
Mark, The best and most detailed directions for adjusting the standing rigging was done by Ray Bowles in 2002. It is more detailed than you might want, but the writeup was posted by somewhat else and is easy to find in archives. Go to Archives Forum, search under the term "rigging tension", year 2002, and it will bring up Ray's writeup under the posting called "Ray's Guide to Standing Rigging" -posted on 4/16/02. I have a 26, but have tuned mine at about 400 lbs on lowers, and 600 lbs. on uppers and this works nicely. Good Luck!!
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