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Arrester cables part often, and flight deck coreography, if followed correctly should keep you away from them at critical moments. When I was a deck seaman, I went through training for where safe places are and where dangerous places are when near a line taking a strain. A parting line can possibly cut a person in half with a recoil greater than the speed of sound. Rope (hemp or nylon) and cable (steel) are on a spool for stock. When they are made up for a purpose, then they are called lines. Don't ask for a rope unless you are talking to a supply clerk. A telltale is a length of small stuff ( < 1") woven at both ends into a line with a predetermined amount of slack. When the telltale becomes taught, the line has reached a safe loading limit. Below 1 1/2 inches, rope is sized by diameter. Above 1 1/2 inches, rope is sized by circumference. Rope greater than 6 inches in diameter is called hawser. Cable is sized by # of wires - # of strands, ex. 36-9 = 9 strands, 36 wires/strand. It's quite amazing to see a 7 inch line suddenly lose two inches of diameter. Little puffs of smoke come out of the cracks between the strands smelling like burnt popcorn. Where the line is passing through a chock or cleat the paint is burning off. Scary, but exiting!
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