Guides

Windsock Fabric and Material Guide: 200 GSM Pol...

A windsock is a safety instrument. The fabric is the instrument. Everything else, the frame, the harness, the swivel, exists to hold that fabric in the airflow at the right...

How to Read a Windsock: Angle, Wind Speed and t...

A windsock is a calibrated instrument. It is not a decoration on a pole. When a pilot lines up for a crosswind landing, or a crane supervisor pauses a lift,...

Construction Site Windsocks: Crane Operations, ...

Wind is the single most cited environmental factor in UK crane incidents. The Health and Safety Executive's guidance under LOLER 1998 (Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations 1998) places a...

Airport Windsock Sizes: What ICAO, FAA and CAA ...

Windsock dimensions are specified, not chosen. If you operate a licensed aerodrome, a heliport, or any airfield subject to civil aviation oversight, the sock at the top of your mast...

Windsock Mounting Guide: Swivel Arms, Frames, P...

Selecting the right mounting system decides whether a windsock performs to specification or fails inspection. The fabric matters. The pole, frame and swivel arm matter just as much. A compliant...

Port and Marina Windsocks: Wind Direction Indic...

Ports and marinas are wind-critical environments. Container gantries lift high, vessel manoeuvring depends on real-time conditions, and bunkering operations involve flammable transfers where ignition risk rises with wind direction changes....