daveo Posted February 25, 2018 Author Report Share Posted February 25, 2018 Maybe they are just empty housings to create discussion and confusion on random internet forums... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corey Posted February 25, 2018 Report Share Posted February 25, 2018 1 minute ago, daveo said: Maybe they are just empty housings to create discussion and confusion on random internet forums... Clearly they have the Ether in them to help them move through space and time better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SunSurfer Posted February 25, 2018 Report Share Posted February 25, 2018 (edited) Hinges at the end of the plate get the stack height lower. Integrating hinge and slide into one mechanism tends to raise the stack height. FES appeear to have put the hinge and slide into series, rather than the slide underneath the hinge. This photo of Ramona Hofmeister (bronze mediallist) from the FIS SmugMug site at an earlier race shows the plate better. No obvious Allflex branding, but shape and central screw holes look a near match. Material??? Note the binding offset from each end of the plate, allows for the extra length mechanism at the front. Further pondering: If the constraint mechanism remains in the middle of the board but you allow more hinge movement just in the front half you get a flexier front half and in the rear you still have flex to a point then a locked flex/SCR combination. Edited April 28, 2018 by SunSurfer add detail , and further thoughts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beckmann AG Posted February 25, 2018 Report Share Posted February 25, 2018 (edited) 1 hour ago, SunSurfer said: I think you are too cynical Erik. :) As if that could ever happen. Good 'engineering' would involve an inexpensive extrusion/cover serving the dual purpose of mechanical function and tactical misdirection. As you probably realize, beyond a certain level, victory is as much in the mind as in the body. As a side note; interesting skeletal structure on the podium. Edited February 25, 2018 by Beckmann AG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SunSurfer Posted February 25, 2018 Report Share Posted February 25, 2018 (edited) 1 hour ago, Beckmann AG said: As a side note; interesting skeletal structure on the podium. Super G podium was even greater contrast, the speed suits minimise the masking effect of the clothing. This silhouette came from the Guardian website https://www.theguardian.com/sport/gallery/2018/feb/17/winter-olympics-day-eight-in-pictures#img-10 Women have a much greater range of lower limb angles, in part due to the shape of the female pelvis, and the femoral bicondylar (carrying) angle. Edited February 25, 2018 by SunSurfer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nigelc Posted February 25, 2018 Report Share Posted February 25, 2018 I love it when you type "femoral bicondylar". I may have to lie down now. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Brammer aka PSR Posted February 25, 2018 Report Share Posted February 25, 2018 Yeah, just Wait until those Hips start Swinging into the arc! You'll need more than a couch to cure your fever.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SunSurfer Posted February 25, 2018 Report Share Posted February 25, 2018 3 minutes ago, Eric Brammer aka PSR said: Yeah, just Wait until those Hips start Swinging into the arc! You'll need more than a couch to cure your fever.. Put down that device/fondlepad in your hands. Go take a cold shower and a bromide! ;-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beckmann AG Posted February 25, 2018 Report Share Posted February 25, 2018 Was thinking similarity regarding 'kneecap-gap®' and tibial conformation. Should have clarified that earlier. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowrider Posted February 25, 2018 Report Share Posted February 25, 2018 8 hours ago, Beckmann AG said: Was thinking similarity regarding 'kneecap-gap®' and tibial conformation. Should have clarified that earlier. Yes weren't we all ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pauleleven Posted August 24, 2019 Report Share Posted August 24, 2019 Totally resurrecting a dead thread, but here's my 0.02: I think the plate is exactly an unbranded Allflex save for the stuff in front of the front hinge. There is a horizontal post securing the entire mechanism together, I think it's only 4 parts: attachment part to allflex, base post(for allflex holes, or F2 proprietary mounting holes cuz they can), housing and the axel. The purpose of the mechanism to make the front sliding (and suspended). The middle two mounts are already fixing the plate substantially, the front would then serve two purposes: 1. Relaxing the plate body a bit, not too much shape shift like the normal allflex when board is angulated a lot. 2. Making the left and right side of the plate independent, reducing torsional flex in the front since it's suspended. Alternative possibility in this school of thought: The middle two mounts can also be modified, purpose of which making the 4 mounts from front to back gradually decreasing in suspension. If they get their design and calculations right, the whole plate can bend in a smooth curve with even pressure along the length, unlike Allflex which pretty much concentrates between the middle two mounts. But then again, only speculations Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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