The unbreakable hockey stick - interesting stuff

[PuckOff]

http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/trying-to-break-the-unbreakable-stick/

 

[Blitty]

I was just reading about that. Billion dollar idea.

 

[Matty]

He's holding back when he's hitting the crossbar.

Let me test that thing.

 

[MrX]

He's holding back when he's hitting the crossbar.

Let me test that thing.

It's not a billion dollar idea. It MIGHT be another step in the advancement of materials technology. Or maybe just hype.

If this material is really so much stronger without adding so much weight, I'd think the real demand would be much lighter sticks that still wear out and break. They can already make "unbreakable" sticks, they're just heavy.

I notice they didn't include a nice graph of breaking forces vs regular composite. Just a guy whacking on a crossbar.

 

[Saulty]

All you need it a couple of sticks of C-4. Placed them on each side of the stick overlapping and kaboom the sticks breaks in half.

 

[Blitty]

No matter how light the sticks are they can 'paint on the 30gram shield', no?

 

[MrX]

No matter how light the sticks are they can 'paint on the 30gram shield', no?

Yep. I was assuming that the limiting factor in lightweight hockey sticks was acceptable durability, so if this coating was as effective as they're saying, they would use it to strengthen super-light sticks that would otherwise have been too fragile.

I might have been wrong, though, maybe the limiting factor is stiffness/flex.

In any case, I'm not buying that this is as anywhere as revolutionary as they're saying.

 

[reno cool]

looks like Tuka Rask has that unbreakable stick

 

[MrX]

looks like Tuka Rask has that unbreakable stick

Fucker would not break. Sure wasn't for a lack of trying.