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To Superpost Or Not To Superpost?


Dan Coplan

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I was also pleased to see that the whole rig did not vibrate too much using the extra long pole. I think this is where not using telescoping posts is very helpful.

 

Bruce, I'm glad you got you post to work, but I totally disagree with the idea that all telescoping posts inherently vibrate too much: it depends on the clamps, materials, diameters, etc.

 

All of this was all worked out just fine about ten years ago, and is of course, a core feature of the Ultras, Clippers and various clones. Perhaps model III's and the like with thinner aluminum posts couldn't do it well enough, but not the modern carbon fiber ones.

 

Telescoping posts also give you a full range of post lengths, from minimum length to six feet, and they extend or retract in seconds, require no extra parts, cases, etc.

 

Jerry

 

 

hello jerry when I see you ultra prototipe in malibu99 I think es perfect .

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I was also pleased to see that the whole rig did not vibrate too much using the extra long pole. I think this is where not using telescoping posts is very helpful.

 

Bruce, I'm glad you got you post to work, but I totally disagree with the idea that all telescoping posts inherently vibrate too much: it depends on the clamps, materials, diameters, etc.

 

All of this was all worked out just fine about ten years ago, and is of course, a core feature of the Ultras, Clippers and various clones. Perhaps model III's and the like with thinner aluminum posts couldn't do it well enough, but not the modern carbon fiber ones.

 

Telescoping posts also give you a full range of post lengths, from minimum length to six feet, and they extend or retract in seconds, require no extra parts, cases, etc.

 

Jerry

 

Can't argue with you Jerry, I'll just say that my design has some advantages, quickly changing to a super post isn't one of them:)

-bruce

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I had a super post for years... somehow, every time it came up in discussion it was dismissed. Or the famous 30 minutes producer meeting was called to avoid "wasting" 10 minutes for the conversion...

 

Always after a call got out for the super post, I would mount up and investigate the hight that the Director wanted with him and 90-95 % of the time it was considerable above the ultra low mode of the super post and was achieved with the conventional post...

 

After years of shlepping that over long and over size pipe with me, I got rid of it...

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