Test #2:
Objective – pulling apart the side rope holes of the custom 7075 alu. buckle until failure.
1st buckle test – 22kN climbing carabiners in the top rope hole and rate of 10mm/min – Only buckle deformation and no breaking, as the gate of the 22kN carabiner broke at 20.08 kN! – 2.05 ton-force.
2nd buckle test – 26 kN climbing carabiners in the bottom rope hole and rate of 100mm/min – Bottom rope hole fractured in 2 places at 18.39 kN – 1.87 ton-force.