Trix Circus: Aerial spiral seems to be all the rage now and I bet you want to join in on the newest trend! We get asked for an aerial spiral every day. So we commissioned our amazing engineers at Jade Engineering to complete a preliminary analysis on making the aerial spiral apparatus.
So what did we find out? You are not going to like what’s coming…
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I’ve actually seen reels of people doing this and thought it was very cool but had questions on how long it could last that the article addresses. I was confused in the videos if the stretch of the spiral was part of the art or a product of it being a giant slinky. I think it’s too bad there’s not a way to make it safe yet because it’s a neat concept to have humans bobbing up and down from the ceiling. I wonder if professionals who wanted to use this and meet high standards of safety such as those in Australia could use the spirals as a once-use consumable—not that it would be practical or cost effective to replace a giant spring every night—but the hypothetical scenario of being able to do that if the spring could pass a once time load regulation. Maybe people who want bounce upside down should put a trampoline in the air upside down and wear a bungee harness like those at the Carnival attraction and go boing boing upside down as their blood rushes to their head and someone passed out.
I have never seen this item before and therefore have never seen it in use, but immediately seeing it I had questions the article answered. Having had played with Slinkys as a kid, I can remember how many times it would coil into itself or would deform after pulling it with less strength than I assumed would take to ruin it, and seeing the adult version of this that holds up dancers instantly set off red flags in my head. As the article stated, there can easily be permanent deformation and elongation is not just a possibility but rather a definite situation that will occur over time. I wonder in what instances these would be used over aerial silks, and who would rather use these aerial spirals. I could see how that bouncing motion might be a cool effect, but I wonder if there is a similar effect that can be gained by putting a spring at the top of a silk and if it would be safer in any way. I am glad to know that this item is out there being used, but I hope I do not have to run into it as I continue working because of the feeling of dread I get from looking at it.
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