Re: [Paddlewise] flying paddles -52 inch math -Reply

Jim Martin wrote:

> ...
>
> This is the Delta limit for size. All of your checked  baggage must
> fit in
> these dimensions:
>
> Domestic
>
> 62"x55"x45"
>
> International
>
> 62" square.
>
> ...

Thanks for looking this up.  The domestic limits of 62x55x45 imply a
diagonal of 94.308", which is just under 240cm.  A paddle 230cm or
shorter should fit with ease, even allowing for the paddle blades and
for the thickness of the box.

By the way, my post regarding the 52" box contained a typo--the diagonal
is 90.06 (not 90.6), as Saul Kinderis correctly pointed out.

For a more complex problem, let's calculate the effect of blade feather
on the maximum paddle size that will fit in a given box.  (Obviously
this will also depend on blade shape.)  My intuition tells me that
paddles with 0 degrees of feather (unfeathered) and 60 degrees of
feather will fit equally well in a symmetric box.

Dan Hagen
Bellingham, Washington

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