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how far a mast could bend before it breaks?!

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legless
legless
SA
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legless legless
SA, 852 posts
2 Oct 2015 10:21am
Ever wondered how far a mast could bend before it breaks?!

aquablue
aquablue
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aquablue aquablue
14 posts
2 Oct 2015 9:07am
Yep, wow!, pretty impressive Gareth.
Stuthepirate
Stuthepirate
SA
3591 posts
Stuthepirate Stuthepirate
SA, 3591 posts
2 Oct 2015 10:41am
Needs more down haul
da vecta
da vecta
QLD
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da vecta da vecta
QLD, 2515 posts
2 Oct 2015 11:54am
^ ha ha
Chook2
Chook2
WA
1249 posts
Chook2 Chook2
WA, 1249 posts
2 Oct 2015 2:40pm
wow about 90 degrees!!!!
masse
masse
65 posts
masse masse
65 posts
5 Oct 2015 7:02pm
Pretty impressive. Does bending it that slowly put more or less pressure on it? What I am asking is basically if it might even manage to bend more in reality. Bending it sure goes a lot faster if the mast gets stuck when getting rinsed over a reef or rocks.
Mark _australia
Mark _australia
WA
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Mark _australia Mark _australia
WA, 23647 posts
5 Oct 2015 8:54pm
That is amazing

but yeah I wondered like masse as it does not bend that far in waves and breaks, (?) so is a fast bending but not as far just as fatal? Engineer peeps..?

Chris6791
Chris6791
WA
3271 posts
Chris6791 Chris6791
WA, 3271 posts
5 Oct 2015 10:38pm
It might bend that far in the lab but as soon as you attach the boom you're adding a point load which I'd expect to be a weak point causing it to load up and snap earlier.
Macroscien
Macroscien
QLD
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Macroscien Macroscien
QLD, 6809 posts
6 Oct 2015 11:47am
Chris6791 said..
It might bend that far in the lab but as soon as you attach the boom you're adding a point load which I'd expect to be a weak point causing it to load up and snap earlier.


I agree. We could see that in lab condition mast brake in upper 3/4 since all my mast broken are around the boom clamp.
I fact I have plenty bottom pieces broken but never the upper part.
musorianin
musorianin
QLD
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musorianin musorianin
QLD, 597 posts
6 Oct 2015 12:36pm
The suspense was almost unbearable...
Harrow
Harrow
NSW
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Harrow Harrow
NSW, 4521 posts
6 Oct 2015 2:54pm
A certain seabreezer was going up an escalator at Town Hall station with his two mast halves. On the way up they wedged between the escalator and the roof. He found out how far they could bend before they break. The rest of the station thought someone had fired a double-barrel shotgun.
legless
legless
SA
852 posts
legless legless
SA, 852 posts
8 Oct 2015 8:08am
WHICH IS STRONGER – A FLEX TOP OR HARD-TOP MAST?

www.unifiber.net/windsurf-masts/which-is-stronger-a-flex-top-or-hard-top-mast
Chris6791
Chris6791
WA
3271 posts
Chris6791 Chris6791
WA, 3271 posts
8 Oct 2015 9:43am
Are VW manufacturing masts now? Looks great in testing but fails a lot earlier in the real world?
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