haggis
its raining again!
- Location
- Orkney (northern scotland)
Been some time since I posted on here, but I've recently got the chance to buy an octane that used to belong to my brother. I loved that ski and enjoyed reading about people's fixes for some of the handling issues and performance upgrades etc and would have liked to tried some of them back then but the ski got sold.
Anyway I've read a few threads here again and there was an interesting post by a guy that had a wamiltons lightweight hull with regards to handling fixes and he touched on the weight of the hood being too light and it affects how the ski turns. After reading through that thread it's got me thinking what if I were to pull a mold of the bottom and build a replacement carbon item. What effect could this have? Would a lighter bottom counteract the the now heavier upper deck and allow the ski to turn / carve better? I read somewhere that some older race setup sj had carbon lower hulls was this for a similar reason?
As I thought about it some more would an 08+ or sxr bottom modified to fit help the ski turn better? Who knows but if anyone has any thoughts or input I'd like to hear it.
Anyway I've read a few threads here again and there was an interesting post by a guy that had a wamiltons lightweight hull with regards to handling fixes and he touched on the weight of the hood being too light and it affects how the ski turns. After reading through that thread it's got me thinking what if I were to pull a mold of the bottom and build a replacement carbon item. What effect could this have? Would a lighter bottom counteract the the now heavier upper deck and allow the ski to turn / carve better? I read somewhere that some older race setup sj had carbon lower hulls was this for a similar reason?
As I thought about it some more would an 08+ or sxr bottom modified to fit help the ski turn better? Who knows but if anyone has any thoughts or input I'd like to hear it.