BandsLoaded for iPhone (v1.0)

Estimate the load band tension adds to your bar!

How to use it:

• Draw pairs of tic marks 1” apart on any of the bands listed in BandsLoaded while in their relaxed state.
  
• Attach the bands to your bar and anchor them in any way you normally would.
  
• Place BandsLoaded next to the tic mark pairs on the band and use the Tic Distance slider control to match the app’s tic mark pair up to the bands’.
  
• Use the Angle Controls to estimate the angle between bands’ bar and anchor attachment points.
  

Usage Tips

• Draw several pairs of dots on the bands.  You’ll be more likely to find an easily accessible pair, and be able to detect unequal stretching between band segments.
  
• Use BandsLoaded to get the tension for each of the band segments attached to the bar.  If there are significant differences in tic distance, assume the downward force to be the average of downward forces measured.

Note: Temperature, humidity, manufacturing differences, band age and fatigue all effect the tensile force a band produces when stretched to a given length. BandsLoaded estimates to within 10% of a new band’s tensile force when stretched to a given length.