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Pistols vs Rockets

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skier_bum
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Which are better in the park, and off piste, the salomon pocket rockets, or the k2 pistols?
Nov 7 2004 4:43PM
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Shaggy
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im still a little lost though, but i'm pretty sure i'm right with the lateral stiffness being the same as torsional rigidity
Nov 12 2004 2:55AM
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jpsnowbumb
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Dude the Pistols are wat better, Have owned both.

They are both soft skis, but the pistols have more lateral( torsional) stabilty, which means that they will not get tossed up in crappy snow as much!
Nov 12 2004 2:58AM
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once again, you dont know what you're talking about... as far as skis go lateral stiffness refers to stiffness from tip to tail, torsional is the sideways twisting stiffness.

-L o g a n

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Nov 12 2004 3:04AM
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jpsnowbumb
Posts: 173 - Karma: 10
Maybe I didn’t clarify the lateral stiffness part!

Later Stiffness=Torsion stiffness= the width of ski and its flex.

Nov 12 2004 3:04AM
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jpsnowbumb
Posts: 173 - Karma: 10
Ok ment torsional stifness forget the lateral part
Nov 12 2004 3:08AM
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Shaggy
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why would lateral stiffness be from tip to tail? lateral means sideways. are you wrong or is it just one of those ever present skiing unsolved mysteries?
Nov 12 2004 3:08AM
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jpsnowbumb
Posts: 173 - Karma: 10
Dude that is what I thouh should have just said torsional so I didnt confuse no one!
Nov 12 2004 3:10AM
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jpsnowbumb
Posts: 173 - Karma: 10
And my the whole point is that the Seth Pistols are way-way beter than the pocket rockets!


Nov 12 2004 3:12AM
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just think about it. on a map the latitude lines are vertical, and longitude lines are horizontal. so assuming the tip of the ski is up and therefore eqivalent to north on a map, tip to tail stiffness is called lateral stiffness

-L o g a n

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Nov 12 2004 3:14AM
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Shaggy
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^i just got owned

thanks for making it clear for my big fat stupid head
Nov 12 2004 3:15AM
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jpsnowbumb
Posts: 173 - Karma: 10
Lateral ussaly means side load, take a coarse in dynamics.
Nov 12 2004 3:21AM
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jpsnowbumb
Posts: 173 - Karma: 10
lateral




lat·er·al láttərəl

adjective

1. at the side: belonging to, relating to, located at, or affecting the side



Nov 12 2004 3:26AM
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ok, well i suck at life and got mixed up. please commence insulting my intelligence

-L o g a n

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Nov 12 2004 3:30AM
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jpsnowbumb
Posts: 173 - Karma: 10
Sorry you just told me that I dint know what I was talking about.
Nov 12 2004 3:32AM
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jpsnowbumb
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Nice talking to you guys!

Seth pistols rock!
Nov 12 2004 3:33AM
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well at least we can agree on the goodness of pistols

-L o g a n

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Nov 12 2004 3:37AM
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