Mark Sanders wrote: > I can accept that potential energy contributes to the stroke, but are > you saying it's the prime mover? I wouldn't dare! Although I say it generates 30 watts, and 30 watts is what's required to get that speed (from some table I linked to earlier) there are losses involved that I don't account for. I think the vertical-rest-stroke might account for about 50% of the force in my own stroke - but even if it were just 25%, it would still be significant, especially since it's for free. You lift your arms anyway, so you might as well put that energy to some good use by relaxing your arms. *************************************************************************** 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 Thu Apr 28 2011 - 14:34:17 PDT
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