Mid Ride flex

[Skihack]

Any body else running flex number's on the Goode Mid's? Two guys in our club have what they say is a 148 amp. They are light. But the flex readings on the two skis vary in different places by 20 to 30 lbs. They both got their skis right close together time wise. However, they ski the best on the softest one. Any one else out there running into this?

Thanks

[acmx]

I wonder how much variance in flex is considered normal between the same model ski from manufacturer to manufacturer?

[A_B]

My friend has a tester and he went through 3 Sixams and they were all different by quite a bit.

He liked the softer tail as well. He did crack it though, so maybe learn to ski on a stiffer one!

 

I think manufacturers are afraid to punish the specs as they would be scrapping too many skis that the average weekend Wally would find perfectly acceptable, but out of spec.

 

When the numbers are put in with the ski, you have no idea what you are buying until you get it. Then, compare it to what?

[DW]

In an ideal world, the variation in allowable flex or actually any measured parameter would be just under the "noticable" threshold.  So, then a skier testing two different skis would find them the same.  It then becomes easier for a customer to drop serious money on a product knowing that they are getting at one of equivilant performance to someone else's.  IMO, if two of the same ski's come from a manufacturer and ski noticibly different, there is a quality issue that hopefully would be addressed by that manufacturer.

This trait is certainly not uncommon, all products are built to tolerances, so there will be variation across a run of any given product.  The key is to keep it below the noticable threshold.  The company that does the best job of controlling that variation will certainly provide the customer a product that he/she can have confidence that it is as good as any other one on the dock (in this case).  Kudo's to D3 for addressing this characteristic as it certainly does not happen other than by hard work and dedication.  I think that it also addresses a question posed above, different amounts of variation are considered acceptable by different manufacturers.