Timeline for A clothing material or other method to slow free-fall descent down walls
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| May 8, 2020 at 17:36 | comment | added | arp | I was going to suggest suction cups but this is much better fleshed-out. | |
| May 8, 2020 at 2:24 | comment | added | John | That makes more sense, doing it that way the second leg is basically irrelevant. Note however the pads will need to be gigantic, it has to be far larger than all the pads on a gecko climbing rig, and you have to pray the wall can take the lateral loading. otherwise you are still falling just have a mass of brickwork or a giant pane of glass falling above you. | |
| May 7, 2020 at 20:10 | comment | added | Lawnmower Man | @John Well, I didn't draw a picture, but the idea is that the device is worn like a backpack + climbing harness, and the "legs" attached to the "feet" are highly elastic. The pads act like an anchor for a very heavy rubber band. As you push off, the leg stretches, but with increasing force, so that it brings you back to the surface after several meters. You get two legs so that one can establish contact at the lower point while the upper leg is anchoring you. | |
| May 7, 2020 at 15:49 | comment | added | John | the problem is as soon as the first pad makes contact the person rotates away from the wall, tumbling ass over teakettle until they hit the ground. Contact will only push you away from the wall. gecko feet require static contact to work. its a great way to climb down but it will not help you in a fall. | |
| May 6, 2020 at 6:16 | comment | added | Lawnmower Man | There is this: sciencemag.org/news/2014/11/…. Just not fully integrated into a climbing/rappelling backpack. | |
| May 6, 2020 at 5:40 | comment | added | Frank | If I not mistaken I believe this is an actuality today. | |
| May 5, 2020 at 21:51 | history | answered | Lawnmower Man | CC BY-SA 4.0 |