12 May 2023
The first distinctive value of RP3 is obvious: the rowing movement is dynamic. Like it is in the boat on the water. The boat moves at certain speed in one direction and rower / rowers are moving separately and differently in the same direction, in opposite direction / speed in every stroke.
Rowing the RP3 simulates this almost identical using the weight and inertia of the mass of the flywheel and mechanics in simular interaction with the rowing movement.
The flywheel has always been the same, since the start of the company. With a 0,05% accuracy it is always the same, as its physical behavior is. This provides the inertia which gives the rowing feeling, together with the dynamics behavior mentioned above.
Measuring the movement of the flywheel with sensor technology provides the data that is translated into the numbers and figures behind the power curve and other values on the RP3 Monitor. The data used is measured at changing accelaration of the flywheel, which provides comparable values with rowing and blade work on the water.
The bar has got the same horizontal angle as the slidings in the boat, so while the boat is floating under the rower during the recovery, RP3 provide with the same angle the simular feeling of the recovery. The bend in the beam at the end, near the rear leg, ensures that the rower remains loose and flexible but properly positioned in the right place.
The cage around the flywheel has a hollow shape and parabolic bars, allowing the sucked-in air to hit the flywheel at all points across its entire diameter. This provides a stable sensation of acceleration and deceleration.
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12 May 2023
At RP3 the flywheel has been the constant between all our machines for decades. While rowing we continuously measure the angular velocity of the flywheel during both the drive and recovery phases.
During the recovery, while the flywheel is slowing down, we can calculate the amount of drag the flywheel experiences originating from all external sources such as air resistance, but also from, for example, wear of the bearings. Combining this with known physical constants we can deduct how much effort is required to overcome this drag.
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18 April 2023
Clean Sweep!
Olliver Zeidler – current World Champion in the single scull – was challenged by the group of Johannes Luckas.
He and his 5 German bodybuilder friends powered over 1.000 watts on average in 6 sprints of 200meters.