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  1. flyramz

    Force Plate options?

    The accelerator might be an option, but i would really much rather just stick with the force plate for the sake of not changing the test procedure. The way it's seen is that the force plate if the head, the pad is, well, the helmet, and the ball is the ball. sure, sometimes both the head/helmet...
  2. flyramz

    Force Plate options?

    Chicopee- when i say "cave in" i mean that the surface of the platform cracked and thee is literally a hole in the center. 3DDave and IRstuff - it's a lot simpler than that, the essence of the test is that I place helmet padding on the force plate, and then I drop the ball on the pads. Using...
  3. flyramz

    Force Plate options?

    Looking at their product website, that's the only single axis force platform they have, so I know already it'll have to be from another company. my fix now is that i placed a steel plate over the platform and then i drop the ball on that, but i'm sure you can imagine how much that messes with...
  4. flyramz

    Force Plate options?

    Hello everyone, my I have a Pasco Force Platform (http://www.pasco.com/prodCatalog/PS/PS-2141_pasport-force-platform/index.cfm#specificationsTab) that i'm using in my research where I drop an 8kg ball on on the plate from about 1.5m. my problem is that the plate surface caved in from the force...

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