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

That is what I'm hoping can be done somehow. Add the imput from a knotmeter ro
the data at the same time. That is what will be needed to measure the drag on
different kayak hulls at  various speeds (plus a lot of other variables
controlled).



Date: Mon, 26 Jul 2010 07:02:44 -0700
Subject: Re: [Paddlewise] Electronic paddle - was bracing and power
From: crjungers_at_gmail.com
To: rebyl_kayak_at_energysustained.com
CC: marinerkayaks_at_msn.com; culpeper_at_tbaytel.net; paddlewise_at_paddlewise.net

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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