Haliboo wrote:
Gustav, you may have missed my question 'buried' in the last post, but I have just bought a couple of 'Spine board' hakes and was wondering how you planned to mount yours... I've been holding off waiting to see your solution as I feel it will be very good .....
Oh sorry! Yup... I didnt see your question sorry missed it Mate!
Well I havent had time to give the Haka boards much thought. For now I have been using 25mm nylon straps and have a foam noddle on the aka underneath. That works just fine but it takes som extra time when I have to rig/mount everything before I launch and the amas cant be folded unless I unstrap the hakas of course.
So its a 2 part problem really....
1. The mounting have to be quick and solid. Easily mounted/removable.
2. It would be nice if the amas could fold in with the haka boards mounted without unstrapping them.
I still dont really know how to best solve this? I guess I would have to drill holes thru the spine boards to solve this with some sort of swivel or axel.
I wonder whats inside them under the plastic? Foam? Wood?
Hmmm.... Yup... some sort of swivel plates could definately work.... one at each end front/rear .... with large washers ( aprox 25cm/10" ) underneath and maybe a teflon/nylon disc inbetween to reduce friction a bit when folding the amas.
The principle feels right but the details are hazy... many ways to do this I guess.... some sort of removable clamp on the aka tube and maybe a bungie to secure it in place so it doesnt slide along the tube?
Work.... (the place I get paid LOL!) is sadly interfering with my limited brain capacity at the moment (much overtime) so when I get home in the evenings I am pretty "nackered". Not much creativity left... sold to the company! LOL!
But I am pressing on with the build and will give the haka board issue some more thought soon. I am also planning the best way to make the tramps work with the rest of the gear in a good way. I will be making my own custom trampolines and have some weird ideas about this (as usual LOL!).
In the mean time I will just use the 25mm straps. Works fine but is a bit time consuming.
What boards did you get?
Pics?
I am very happy with my spline boards apart for the weight.... but thats the same problem with all spine boards they are a bit to heavy. (Carbon fiber spine boards would be nice !? LOL)