Haven't seen much about the Paragon on here for a while and have had some people PM me with questions etc.
Some of the cool things Duane has been up to is a new updated tower that incorporates the reverse @ the base of the tower instead of @ the helix (typical reverse cut cam). This enables a person to run a straight enclosed helix with no cut-out for reverse
= good stuff!!!!!!
There are some other updates involved with the change but I'll let Duane explain it all to those who call him----
Had a guy asking me about some clutching and prompted me to go back down memory lane a ways with the Paragon. ( I've been running, setting up on mountain / race sleds since 2004).
Customer wanted race sled set up for hill climb. My oldest son was of the same weight / size so he became the "test rider of course"!
Set up a course with the same elevation change bottom to top similar conditions.
Spent a lot of time dialing it in / breaking in a new mod motor I had built for him. Finally, my son says "we're there"!!! I was still getting a little more heat out of the primary but rpm was spot on etc. and we had tried all the helix / parts combinations I thought would work.
Just on a whim, I had him come back to the pickup and I said we're going to try one last thing---
So, I started pulling weight out of the primary a couple tenths at a time as he would make a run. Each run I would shoot the clutches with a Ray Tech and ask him, faster or slower? He kept saying faster, Dad, so I kept pulling out more weight. Primary started creeping down cooler & cooler and I kept asking him, rpm going up? He kept saying NO!!! I'm scratching my head but what the ^(*^ it's getting better so---Kept pulling weight out until he said it didn't pull any harder. I asked what the rpm was doing? Just started to creep up he says!? So, I pull out a couple more tenths and he says rpm definetely going up and slowing down. Heat started coming back up in the primary. Back to previous set up @ best pull no rpm change.
This was with a 64X58 helix in a 136" Hill cross race sled good snow lot's of track speed.
Paragon. Interesting clutch!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Some of the cool things Duane has been up to is a new updated tower that incorporates the reverse @ the base of the tower instead of @ the helix (typical reverse cut cam). This enables a person to run a straight enclosed helix with no cut-out for reverse
= good stuff!!!!!!There are some other updates involved with the change but I'll let Duane explain it all to those who call him----
Had a guy asking me about some clutching and prompted me to go back down memory lane a ways with the Paragon. ( I've been running, setting up on mountain / race sleds since 2004).
Customer wanted race sled set up for hill climb. My oldest son was of the same weight / size so he became the "test rider of course"!
Set up a course with the same elevation change bottom to top similar conditions.
Spent a lot of time dialing it in / breaking in a new mod motor I had built for him. Finally, my son says "we're there"!!! I was still getting a little more heat out of the primary but rpm was spot on etc. and we had tried all the helix / parts combinations I thought would work.
Just on a whim, I had him come back to the pickup and I said we're going to try one last thing---
So, I started pulling weight out of the primary a couple tenths at a time as he would make a run. Each run I would shoot the clutches with a Ray Tech and ask him, faster or slower? He kept saying faster, Dad, so I kept pulling out more weight. Primary started creeping down cooler & cooler and I kept asking him, rpm going up? He kept saying NO!!! I'm scratching my head but what the ^(*^ it's getting better so---Kept pulling weight out until he said it didn't pull any harder. I asked what the rpm was doing? Just started to creep up he says!? So, I pull out a couple more tenths and he says rpm definetely going up and slowing down. Heat started coming back up in the primary. Back to previous set up @ best pull no rpm change.
This was with a 64X58 helix in a 136" Hill cross race sled good snow lot's of track speed.
Paragon. Interesting clutch!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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