On Thu, 14 May 2015 08:44:13 +0100, scott wrote:

>>> None of them can save themselves (climbing out is not possible), they
>>> have to be winched out one at a time.
>>
>> Assuming all are equally rescuable, start with the lightest, and while
>> that's happening, look for an alternate solution that allows more than
>> one at a time to be rescued, or look for a way to deal with the
>> flooding.
> 
> That's a good call to start with the lightest - IIRC they were given no
> details about the speed variability of the winch (this was a task set by
> HR rather than the engineering team!), but it's possible it would go
> faster with a lighter load. It certainly wouldn't go slower.

That's one thought - the other thought I had was starting with the 
lightest also is less likely to cause a catastrophic failure of the 
winch.  You wouldn't want to start with someone who weighed 300 pounds 
and have the winch break.

Jim

-- 
"I learned long ago, never to wrestle with a pig. You get dirty, and 
besides, the pig likes it." - George Bernard Shaw

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