Rigging Systems
This is the first and oldest type of theater riging system.
What is hemp system?
A modern counterweight system uses this type of high-strength cable to lift and support battens.
What is aircraft cable?
Most knots begin with a __________ of some sort, which is a rounded turn of the line.
What is loop?
Newton's Second Law includes the term Force. Force is described as this...
What is a push or pull?
In structural design, Magnitude is measured in this.
What are Pounds (#) or Kips?
This is the most popular rigging system used in theaters today.
What is a counterweight system?
The rating of rope strength includes this, which is the point in which a rope fails.
What is the breaking strength, or breaking limit?
This common knot is used extensively to tie a drop to a batten, or an electric cable to a pipe?
What is a Bow Knot?
This is defined as a straight line path both before and after a force is applied.
What is the Line of Action?
The ______________ of a force is the effectiveness of a force in producing rotation about an axis. There's nothing magic about it.
What is Moment (M)?
This is the individual responsible for pulling the ropes to raise and lower scenery via the rigging system.
Who is the flyman (or flyperson)?
The rating of rope includes this, which is the limit at which the rope will function safely.
What is the working load limit?
This type of knot is used to fasten a line around a pipe, handrail, or other rounded object.
What is a Clove Hitch?
This aspect of force is the relationship between the line of action and a reference line, such as a horizontal or vertical line.
What is Direction?
When rotation is displayed graphically, a clockwise rotation represents __________ moment.
What is Positive?
Counterweights, also known as pig iron, are held in this part of the counterweight rigging system.
What is the arbor?
Rope is constructed in two ways. One is Twisted. The other is this...
What is Braided?
This knot, which you learned to tie, is used to create a fixed loop in the end of a rope.
What is a Bowline?
The _________ of a force is positive or negative.
What is Sense?
A body is in _______________ when all of the forces acting upon it produce no change in the motion of the body.
What is Equilibrium?
Our rigging system uses these types of motors to raise and lower battens.
What are winches?
This is the best way to store rope when not in use.
What is coiling?
This knot is a very basic knot used to tie two lines of equal size together.
What is a Square Knot?
When force is displayed graphically, an arrow facing left indicates this.
What is a negative sense?
A simplified sketch of a structural system under construction is called this.
What is Free Body Diagram?