Bulldog Lynx

[moss]

In the picture, I have pulled down hard of the Lynx so it takes a sort of "set". When fully loaded the upper arm extends upwards and grips also on the rope, so fully loaded it binds on the rope a bit more at all 9 friction points. It ends up being a hands breadth long from the carabiner to the top extended arm. There are both a (solid) inner and outer bollard on the top link, then the first bollard down is also solid, while the bottom 3 bollards are nickel plated bollards which have a larger inner dia. which are pushed aside when weighted and form a sort of locked in place bollard which work in junction with the pins in the links. On a double 8mm rope, it releases much like a ZZ, and on a single line you have to modulate the top arm to release smoothly (with my weight) but it works surprisingly well. The bottom tending bollard also adds a bit of grip, by holding the rope against the bottom link pin. I will do a pull test at some point to see how much it will hold SRT on the 8mm.

If you get to the point of putting it into production please let me know, thank you.
-AJ

 

[surveyor]

I am sending one out to Matias along with some 9mm rope, so we will see his review. My Reep Shur 10mm is way too tight for how it is configured, 9mm can be snug until you run it through and it conforms the shape of the rope to the device, then it starts to tend nicely, 8mm tends like a dream but would be useful only for a hook line, or perhaps a lighter climber on DRT.

I do have another idea for making a lynx suitable for 11.7, but that remains to be seen.

 

[surveyor]

This large Lynx is a beast.

 

[Matias]

This large Lynx is a beast.View attachment 101812

I just can't get over how simple it looks