Recent increases in the popularity and use of risers open new and promising opportunities for improvements in binding design. This project exploits the growing theory of "height is good" along with the additional space created by the use of these risers to design and test a new lift plate/binding system for skiboards. Using a cam-follower mechanism, our design implements a torque limiting feature in hopes of addressing the growing concern of skiboard injury rate reduction without making major changes to traditional binding strategies.

• This report represents the work of one or more WPI undergraduate students submitted to the faculty as evidence of completion of a degree requirement. WPI routinely publishes these reports on its website without editorial or peer review.

Creator

• LeBlanc, William Gilbert
• Koch, Robert Christopher

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• 02D515M

Advisor

• Brown, Christopher A.

Year

• 2002

Date created

• 2002-01-01

Resource type

• Major Qualifying Project

Major

• Mechanical Engineering

Rights statement

• In Copyright