On Mon, Jul 26, 2010 at 1:19 AM, PeterO <rebyl_kayak_at_energysustained.com>wrote: > > Talon Technology, the manufacturers of the kayak data acquisition paddle, > are located fairly close to Stiffies, where I store a boat, so I gave them > a > call. We talked briefly about the issues of measuring blade trajectory as > well as rotation and they have gone some way towards this with their kayak > paddle, using three axis accelerometers. > Just mulling through the ideas made me wonder whether they will integrate their paddle data with instant boat speed. I would imagine that a paddlewheel device would be more likely to tell you whether a given paddle stroke actually accelerated the boat. A GPS would be too slow. Have they given this any thought or are they simply interested in paddle dynamics? Craig *************************************************************************** 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 Mon Jul 26 2010 - 08:08:30 PDT
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