samuraiprat,
What has all this sh!te
Tie-down restraint is the most common form of load restraint and involves the use of lashings.
The load is prevented from moving by friction between the load and the vehicle. The friction force prevents the load moving forward, rearward and sideways. The lashings are tensioned to clamp the load to the vehicle and to prevent the load from moving upwards.
The friction force comes from both the weight of the load and the clamping force of the lashings. When the surfaces are slippery, the friction forces can be very low.
Lashings that clamp the load onto the vehicle are called ‘tie-down lashings’
got to do with a seven week old sprog ?
Saint Evil,
Echo 5 - did you see mythbusters do the aircraft crash seats demo - quite good, but they concluded that forward facing in the brace position was the best.
Should one assume then that the RAF have been getting it wrong for several decades by facing the seats in the wrong direction. Oh, sorry I haven't seen the demo.