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General Guidelines To A Successful Operation of the Vortex
Lance Piatt
September 17, 2020
Excerpt From The Arizona Vortex Guidebook - A Rigging Lab Academy Premiere Course IT IS VITAL THAT THE USER BE ABLE TO DETERMINE THE DIRECTION AND THE MAGNITUDE OF THE FORCES ACT- ING ON THE FRAME. THE FRAME NEEDS TO BE ASSEMBLED, HOBBLED, GUYED AND OPERATED TO RESIST ALL FORCES…
What exactly is a Journey?
Lance Piatt
September 14, 2020
Excerpt from The Cornerstone: Knowledge & Perception What exactly is a Journey? The Latin adjective “diurnus” means “pertaining to a day or daily”; English diurnal stems ultimately from this word. When Latin developed into French, “diurnus” became a noun, jour, meaning “day,” the medieval French derivative Journee meant either…
Want to Increase Your Learning Capacity? Match Your Metacognition with Your Cognition…
Lance Piatt
September 7, 2020
The learning process is fascinating to me. We are created unique in every area of our lives. Is it any wonder why every few years there are new break-throughs in slowing the aging process, fitness, health, mental capacity, technology and learning. Ever heard of “metacognition”? I hadn’t until more recently.…
Two Rope Tension System A-Frame Resultant Insight, Part 2
Lance Piatt
August 24, 2020
Excerpt from "A Guide to Artificial High Directionals & Two Tension Rope Systems" To review, this simplest way to make sure it’s stable is to visualize your resultants and make sure they’re landing within the footprint of your system. Then provide some guying for stability and the insurance that in…
Two Rope Tension System A-Frame Resultant Insight, Part 1
Lance Piatt
August 24, 2020
Excerpt from "A Guide to Artificial High Directionals & Two Tension Rope Systems" Defining a resultant is what determines if your high directional is going to be stable or not. So when we say resultant, the full term is a resultant vector. A vector is a measure of force and direction. Here, we’re…
RLA’s 3 Tips For Better Online Learning ~ Experience and Behavior
Lance Piatt
August 21, 2020
There are thousands upon thousands of riggers within the fire service and other emergency services such as Sheriff’s Search and Rescue and all of them at one point or some point will need or have already turned to online training. Regardless of what has transpired over the last 6 months,…