Received: from hplms26.hpl.hp.com by opus.hpl.hp.com with ESMTP (1.37.109.18/15.5+ECS 3.3+HPL1.1) id AA123215036; Tue, 20 May 1997 17:37:16 -0700 Return-Path: <paulm@sei.com-DeleteThis> Received: from seidc.sei.com by hplms26.hpl.hp.com with ESMTP (1.37.109.16/15.5+ECS 3.3+HPL1.1S) id AA120075035; Tue, 20 May 1997 17:37:15 -0700 Received: from granite.sei.com (granite.sei.com [198.202.174.12]) by seidc.sei.com (8.6.11/8.6.9) with ESMTP id RAA24445 for <wind_talk@opus.hpl.hp.com-DeleteThis>; Tue, 20 May 1997 17:33:28 -0700 Received: from localhost.sei.com (localhost.sei.com [127.0.0.1]) by granite.sei.com (8.6.11/8.6.9) with SMTP id RAA05278 for <wind_talk@opus.hpl.hp.com-DeleteThis>; Tue, 20 May 1997 17:33:27 -0700 Message-Id: <199705210033.RAA05278@granite.sei.com-DeleteThis> X-Authentication-Warning: granite.sei.com: Host localhost.sei.com didn't use HELO protocol X-Mailer: exmh version 1.6.9 8/22/96 To: wind_talk@opus.hpl.hp.com-DeleteThis Subject: Re: Board damaged! In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 20 May 1997 17:22:25 PDT." <199705210011.RAA12364@jalama.eng.sun.com-DeleteThis> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Tue, 20 May 1997 17:33:26 PDT From: Paul Murata <paulm@sei.com-DeleteThis>
> Those things are called the Deviator. I'd be hesitant to put one of
> those on any board, esp a production board. It's basically a fulcrum,
> your mast is the lever, the result may be your mast track getting blown
> out.
there's been a thread on this in rec.windsurfing. someone did a mathematical
analysis of the lever effect but i don't think anyone said that they actually
had a mast track getting pulled out.
paul
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