Physics debate
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Re: Physics debate
That's what I noticed, that's your niche. You were hooked from the start.
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Re: Physics debate
An informative read indeed.lowangle al wrote: ↑Thu Jan 05, 2023 4:21 pmTo fully understand this thread you need to go to the "Explore vs. 3 pin w/cabls thread" and read through it.Musk Ox wrote: ↑Thu Jan 05, 2023 3:58 pmHi, I'm here now. I took a few days offline over the New Year to hammer my knuckles with an aluminium meat tenderiser hammer (personal science project).
This thread looks really interesting and I would like to contribute, could someone recap the principal arguments
As I suspected, I have nothing to contribute after all.
Re: Physics debate
Wow, late to the party, but I really don’t get this.
Of course, torque forward it applies pressure to the front of the ski.
Of course, torque forward it applies pressure to the front of the ski.
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Re: Physics debate
There's weekly tele races at Snowbowl in Missoula - just sayin'
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I wonder too, how can you pressure the front of a ski with free heel bindings? Pushing front ski downwards, there seems to be only a free rotating axle in free heel bindings, how can you push with that.
You can pressure the heel by pressing your heel because then you have your front attachment to push against. There you have two attachment points. But in the front I feel I can only pressure the top of a ski, for example when I need to lift snow. There you have also contact at both toes and heel.
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Re: Physics debate
I wonder too, how can you pressure the front of a ski with free heel bindings? Pushing front ski downwards, there seems to be only a free rotating axle in free heel bindings, how can you push with that.
You can pressure a rear ski by pressing your heel because then you have your front attachment to push against. There you have two attachment points. But in the front I feel I can only pressure the top of a ski, for example when I need to lift snow. There you have also contact at both toes and heel.
EDIT: I guess NNN-BC flexors and NN cables allow to pressure ski tip. Was it @Verskis who measured this. That lets you pressure rear ski tip to some extent, was it so.
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Do I interpret correctly that a stiffer NNN-BC flexor would probably not increase tip pressure?Verskis wrote: ↑Tue Jan 03, 2023 3:19 amYou can make an experimental test about the tip pressure: take one ski (with a binding), one boot, two scales, and some Voile straps.
First put the ski on the scales, and tension the binding springs with the Voile straps like on the bottom picture. You will see roughly 50/50 split of the weight on the scales. Tensioning the Voile strap (and thus tensioning the binding springs) more does not affect the readings on the scales at all. This is your closed system.
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You can get more pressure towards the tip of the lead ski by putting more weight on the front of your foot, while keeping a flat foot on the ski. The fulcrum would be the boot center on the lead ski.tkarhu wrote: ↑Mon Jan 09, 2023 2:45 amI wonder too, how can you pressure the front of a ski with free heel bindings? Pushing front ski downwards, there seems to be only a free rotating axle in free heel bindings, how can you push with that.
You can pressure the heel by pressing your heel because then you have your front attachment to push against. There you have two attachment points. But in the front I feel I can only pressure the top of a ski, for example when I need to lift snow. There you have also contact at both toes and heel.
On the trailing ski, with only the ball of your foot on the ski you need some resistance from the binding to get it. You get it from the bail on a three pin, the cable on a cable binding or the bumper/flexor on explore or nnn.
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Re: Physics debate
The good news is that folks are starting to say “towards the tip” and not “on the tip” any more.
The mind blowing thing is that the more that skier mass moves forward, the more the front half of the ski flattens. That flattening moves from the front of the ski towards the middle of the ski. This effect is more pronounced on a soft, single cambered ski.
The mind blowing thing is that the more that skier mass moves forward, the more the front half of the ski flattens. That flattening moves from the front of the ski towards the middle of the ski. This effect is more pronounced on a soft, single cambered ski.
We dreamed of riding waves of air, water, snow, and energy for centuries. When the conditions were right, the things we needed to achieve this came into being. Every idea man has ever had up to that point about time and space were changed. And it keeps on changing whenever we dream. Bio mechanical jazz, man.
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Re: Physics debate
This is how I look at tip pressure. Let's assume your skis are mounted with your boot on boot center. When you put weight on that lead foot with even pressure from toe to heel the ski is weighted evenly. As soon as you put more weight towards your toes you are generating tip pressure. Any extra weight applied to the ski ahead of the boot center mark is tip pressure in my book.
"Tip pressure" as a term has been around a long time, it is what it is, no need to change it.
"Tip pressure" as a term has been around a long time, it is what it is, no need to change it.