Message #10390

[jim-ratliff]

LivingProof:

I have a question for the engineer in you that I can't answer but that sort of summarizes my thinking about tipping force.

I weigh 186.? If I am balanced and vertical on a pair of skis, how much tipping force is applied if I offset my weight 1/8" to the right of the center of both skis (ignore the fact that I'll fall over if some external action doesn't counter the force).

If I am skiing balanced and with a 10 degree edge angle to the snow, will my weight be offset from the center of the ski or will I be balanced and centered on the ski?
If I then again offset my weight 1/8" to the right how much tipping force will be applied to my skis (that are already tipped)?

My summary. Tipping to high edge angles (which I will admit that I can't do) is more about not blocking/limiting the force somewhere in the kinetic chain than it is about applying "more force" in the tipping? I think there is a tremendous amount of tipping force available at the foot with fairly subtle weight shifts.?

And I think I am all tipped out.