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See previous message. ----- Original Message ----- From: terry michael <OEA51@go*.co*> To: Don Burke <donburke56@ne*.ne*>; <techdiver@aquanaut.com> Sent: 08 August, 2001 05:15 Subject: Re: Re: Split fins > >> If the smaller fin puts less water in the wrong direction, less surface > >area > >> is needed. > > Don, give it up, you don't have any idea about what you are talking about. Where do you come up with this stuff? > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: "Don Burke"<donburke56@ne*.ne*> > To: "terry michael"<OEA51@go*.co*>, techdiver@aquanaut.com > Date: Tue Aug 07 10:42:40 PDT 2001 > Subject: Re: Split fins > > >If I want shit from you, I'll floss your teeth. > > > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: terry michael <OEA51@go*.co*> > >To: <techdiver@aquanaut.com> > >Sent: 06 August, 2001 11:38 > >Subject: Split fins > > > > > >> Don, You may be lost the "Pampers" are over in the "baby" section along > >with the "propeller" fins and other "baby" toys. Maybe you should find > >yourself a good shower cap with a little fringe around the sides to critique > >instead...:-) thanks > >> > >> ............... > >> > >> From: Joe Citelli <joe@po*.co*> > >> > >> > How could a fin with less surface area and rigidity possibly generate > >more > >> > thrust in the water than a fin with greater surface area and rigidity? > >> > >> If the smaller fin puts less water in the wrong direction, less surface > >area > >> is needed. > >> > >> If the flex in a fin causes more water to go straight back, the flex is a > >> good thing. > >> > >> An extension of your argument is the use of a 4 by 8 sheet of plywood on > >> each foot. Since that doesn't seem to work very well, perhaps the > >> hydrodynamic problem is a bit more involved than just surface area and > >> rigidity. > >> > >> > People like them because they are easy to kick with. > >> > >> Perhaps > >> > >> > But you travel less distance. > >> > >> That isn't how I interpret the test results I have seen. > >> > >> > Personally, I'd rather kick hard once to cover a given distance > >> > than kick easy three times. > >> > >> I doubt the ratio is that high. In any case, isn't the figure of merit > >gas > >> consumption for distance traveled? > >> > >> > The manufacturers simply had nothing to sell so they made this up. > >> > >> Perhaps, although the test results do look encouraging. > >> > >> > Funny how people that buy this kind of stuff typically keep going back > >to > >> the > >> > stuff in their garage that works. > >> > >> I'm watching all of this. They have my attention. Perhaps one day > >they'll > >> get my money. > >> > >> The entanglement issue needs to be addressed. I touch my line with a fin > >at > >> least once a dive and don't need anything else to wrap the line around. > >> > >> I saw a fin with vents down the center in one of the magazines and perhaps > >> that is the wave of the future. > >> > >> The best performers seem to have the blade bent downward in a sort of > >> "ballerina set." It would not surprise me to find that much improvement > >> comes from that. > >> > >> Don Burke > >> Chesapeake, Virginia > >> > >> > >> ___________________________________________________ > >> GO.com Mail > >> Get Your Free, Private E-mail at http://mail.go.com > >> > >> > >> -- > >> Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. > >> Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'. > >> > > > > > >---------------------------------------------------- > >NetZero Platinum > >Sign Up Today - Only $9.95 per month! > >http://my.netzero.net/s/signup?r=platinum&refcd=PT97 > > > ___________________________________________________ > GO.com Mail > Get Your Free, Private E-mail at http://mail.go.com > > > -- > Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. > Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'. > ---------------------------------------------------- NetZero Platinum Sign Up Today - Only $9.95 per month! http://my.netzero.net/s/signup?r=platinum&refcd=PT97 -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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