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Re:Skysaver: Emergency Evacuation from High-Rise Buildings by dorongrinstein on Sunday April 23, 2023 @01:01AM (#35673420)
What is the maximum building height (in number of floors) this can be used for?
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Re:Skysaver: Emergency Evacuation from High-Rise Buildings by timonoko on Sunday April 23, 2023 @04:07AM (#35674328)
Not very many.

3 millimeter cable on 200x100 millimeter reel.

(math.pi x 200 x 100 / 3) /1000 ==> 20.94 meters.

And one floor being 4 meters the final answer is:

FIVE FLOORS

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Re:Skysaver: Emergency Evacuation from High-Rise Buildings by benjaminwai on Monday April 24, 2023 @12:52AM (#35683792)
In their EC-Type Examination Certificate it mentioned the harness "in 3 different wire rope lengths: 30m, 50m, 80m".
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