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that camber adds torsional rigidity

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Ahhh ok, was just askin since itā€™ll be harder to put a battery in there :slightly_smiling_face: That deck looks so nice :heart_eyes:

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shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhushā€¦ the core and board will be flat bottomā€¦ Iā€™m only filling it with foamā€¦ like surfing board foamā€¦ encapsulated in glass fibreā€¦ donā€™t stress little oneā€¦ Itā€™ll all be thereā€¦ Iā€™ve only got a couple of hours in on this presently!

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Yumā€¦ Surfboard Foam is flexy goodness :slightly_smiling_face:

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lightā€¦ cheapā€¦ rigidā€¦ just like meā€¦

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and needs lots of shaping to be fit for purpose

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the deck is only 3 plies thick in CAD right nowā€¦

here is something like where the battery will sitā€¦ about 15mm below lowest profile

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is this sparta?

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IT IS NOW!

:grin::grin::grin:

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@kook at it again :crazy_face:

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That was Al
@glyphiks

:crazy_face: :crazy_face: :crazy_face:

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A radio dropout is sure a lot less ass-clenching when either

A) only one side dropped out
or
B) one side dropped out 50ms before the other one, making the jolt much smaller

Sometimes it pays to have dual radio receivers

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Yes, thatā€™s 1881 and 1883, not 1981 and 1983

Also Iā€™ve never seen March abbreviated ā€œMā€™chā€

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People were into some kinky font back then :eyes:

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I blame the english!

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Probly learned it from the Germans :smirk:

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or those convicts

Nah too preoccupied with the :kangaroo:

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do ya thing it was them damned EYE-talians?

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image

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