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Soft torsion should have been a no brainer, Good powder board maybe?
Fighting gravity on a daily basis
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Hi,
the reason it so easily torsioned is the fibre orientation: its 0° and 90°. For torsional rigidity u'd need +45°/-45° fibre orientation.
The 0° in your board makes the flex harder, the 90° isn't doing too much at all :) Well, it adds a harder flex crosswise, which is something we don't really need as our skis/boards are much longer than wide.
the reason it so easily torsioned is the fibre orientation: its 0° and 90°. For torsional rigidity u'd need +45°/-45° fibre orientation.
The 0° in your board makes the flex harder, the 90° isn't doing too much at all :) Well, it adds a harder flex crosswise, which is something we don't really need as our skis/boards are much longer than wide.
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I bring that up all the time. 90 deg fibers do nothing but add weight (at least in skis... I'll admit it might help a little on a snowboard, but not much). It does look nice though, and that should count for something!
Every once in a while somebody comes up with the idea that 90 deg fibers will help torsion rigidity, but it's just not true.
Great looking boards goz, regardless of the results!
Every once in a while somebody comes up with the idea that 90 deg fibers will help torsion rigidity, but it's just not true.
Great looking boards goz, regardless of the results!
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but every time you bring this up I site that g3 and several other major manufacturers use 90 degree fibers in skis, so either they dont have enginerds working for them or they are retards, one of the 2.
It must provide some additional support allowing them to reduce fiber weight somewhere or adds dampening or its all a lie and its marketing and they put it in there and waste material and money.
It must provide some additional support allowing them to reduce fiber weight somewhere or adds dampening or its all a lie and its marketing and they put it in there and waste material and money.
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