Re: [Paddlewise] flying with paddles

From: Dan Hagen <dan_at_hagen.net>
Date: Tue, 12 May 1998 15:43:20 -0500
Steve Cramer wrote:

> ...
> This was the subject of a Car Talk puzzler recently. Call them back
> and
> ask if you can send a box 52" on a side as a 2nd bag. A 7.5 foot
> paddle
> just happens to fit in there diagonally.

Actually, I think that this is a bit off.  I just did the calculation,
and the diagonal of such a box is approximately 90.6".  This provides
.6" more than would be required for a 7.5' rod, but a paddle is not a
rod--it is a rod with blades attached.  I suspect that the blades would
prevent the ends of the paddles from reaching the corners of the box, in
which case you will need the box to be a tad over 52" (unless the ends
of the paddle come to within .3" of the corners--you do have that extra
.6" to work with).

Dan Hagen
Bellingham, Washington

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