SmartOar Data

[Grover]

So have managed to get my hands on some smart oars (sweep)

I am wondering what should the ideal curve look like..Cant seem to find out the info on this. Im under the impression as long as everyone in the boat is doing the same thing it won't matter as much.

But what is the ideal curve..High peak force and quick drop or lower peak force but continual power application with slower decline. i.e. a rounded pyramid or a U shape

[black night]

http://goo.gl/Pv5Rn

http://goo.gl/xT9Zk

Straight from the East German horse's mouth.

[Sisu]

Based on the analysis of both pin force and angle values, but it may be of interest.

http://aut.researchgateway.ac.nz/bitstr ... sequence=3

[Stelph]

Well the "ideal" curve is a box where the force goes from 0 - max and hen stays at max till the end of the strike, tho obviously this kind of curve is impossible!

I tend to think its best rather than looking specifically at the force curve for "what's best", look at the area under the curve or the power per stroke, it's the area under the curve that you should always be trying to improve on so either by increasing the height of the curve or by "expanding" the curve on either side to make it more of a bell curve shape would be the way to go, that and making sure the curve is smooth all the way through the stroke, so there's no lumps or bumps

[rowing]

Those who live by the data can lose by the data.