" I understand a wing paddle, which is a foil, generating lift away from the back of the blade, but a GP? " " Think of the paddle in terms of a horizontal rudder. " Still can't see that the paddle / horizontal rudder acts as a foil. Does make me wonder what an asymmetric foil cross-section greenland paddle would be like. A sort of high aspect ratio wing paddle; a cheat stick for Greenland championship racing? *************************************************************************** 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 Tue Dec 04 2007 - 22:39:31 PST
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