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The term body weight is the physical absolute downward force caused by gravity due to weight; centripetal force is however acting on the the relative datum of ski slope. From his formula, I believe what he was referring to are actually the (two main static) forces. what he missed is that MOMENT is calculated as F x l, l being the moment arm. The body position plays a very critical role in determining the moment arm. If we hold our body to become a rigid body object, the moment arm for both forces are both roughly the length between edge of ski to cg, however with the dynamic motion and change of terrain condition, I believe the moment arm for weight actually shortens while that for centripetal elongates. meanwhile, the composition factor for both forces would change also.
of course, I might be wrong |
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