I am involved in a volunteer project developing a luge sled for the 2006 olympics and am wondering if anyone has some imformation on ceramic coatings that could be used on the runners of a luge sled to reduce the friction of the runners with the ice, The budget for this project is 30,000 dollars...
I have been approached by a member of a national luge team and he is interested in exploring differant materials to make his runners out of. The date gathered was that the runners of the sled cool down 4-7 degrees down the track. The pressure on the sled varies from 0-7 g's and in the high...
