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Re: 600 wet paper
Posted By: Hans Friedel In Response To: Ever faster, by a decimal (Pete W. P.)
Date: Sunday, 28 November 1999, at 5:48 p.m.
> Hi folks,
> Thought Id pass on something I read about streamlining. A cyclist wearing
> a latex full body "jersey", literally skin tight, was actually
> able to go a little faster as a result of something rather unusual. True,
> the latex itself is a major streamlining factor, but it was more than just
> slick rubber that was at work...> The "seam" that seperates the front from the back of the body
> suit was rippeled. These ripples were inline with the direction of the
> wind as it passed over the body, generally so anyway. Moving limbs arent
> static enough to make this perfect. At anyrate, what the ripples infact
> did was helped reduce drag by causiong little micro turbulences as it
> passed over around and over the suit. Drag was actually reduced to the
> point that the cyclist improvement in speed was measurable. THe
> implications of creating little micro-keels perheps just 1/8" wide at
> the hulls greatest beam might actually prove beneficial.> Just a thought. Not that I have the least bit of interest in trying it.
> The most dynamic change i can make is to drop 50 lbs!!!> Pete
When I was a dingy sailor some guys did wetsand there hulls with 600 paper to get a effektive surface. Also if you have self bailors you can leave them opend so that they suck air. the air bubbels will make the boat go faster not much but anyway. In C-2 marathon canoes they uses self bailors. But as you say the best way to speed is to transforme some fat into muscels.
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