Re: [Paddlewise] Electronic paddle - was bracing and power

From: Craig Jungers <crjungers_at_gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 26 Jul 2010 07:02:44 -0700
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
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