On Wed, 11 Jun 2003 16:16:11 -0400, "Michael Daly" <michaeldaly_at_rogers.com> said: > Another option - Kirk (IIRC) once sent me a reference to a > pressure-sensitive fabric that he hypothesized could be adapted to > covering a paddle blade and measuring pressure distributions in real > time. Measuring the paddle directly means that the paddler's > performance is less significant and the Iron Byron approach is less > important. Using the pressure sensitive fabric to wire a paddle was the idea of one of the inventors of the pressure sensitive fabric. To the best of my knowledge he's never gotten around to actually wiring a paddle. At the time he said the only hardware he would need was a laptop with some commmonly available lab recording software on it. There's an older writeup about the material online: http://csmweb2.emcweb.com/durable/1999/11/04/p13s1.htm Hunting around a little, pressure sensitive paint for determining pressure points in aerodynamic testing is currently "available", http://innssi.com/psp/index_applications_low_speed.htm . The pressure sensitive paint is not available commercially, formulations are available on "request", yeah, that sounds like it would be in my budget... Kirk -- Kirk Olsen kork4_at_cluemail.com *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Wed Jun 11 2003 - 19:24:47 PDT
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