Lengths of A, B & C lines

[Purple Fencer]

Dave, Tim, Donald, et al...

I'm working on a teammate's weapons prior to the Jr. World Cuo next month and am having a brain fart.

What's the allowable length of the A, B & C lines on a foil body cord? I seem to remember Donald Clinton saying 40cm for the A line, but I may not be remembhering it correctly.

Also (brain fart again), allowable curvature is 2 cm for foil, right?

[mfp]

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<strong>I'm working on a teammate's weapons prior to the Jr. World Cuo next month and am having a brain fart.

What's the allowable length of the A, B & C lines on a foil body cord? I seem to remember Donald Clinton saying 40cm for the A line, but I may not be remembhering it correctly.
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The first thing to remember is where to look such things up:

<a href="http://www.usfencing.org/Forms/Rules99.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.usfencing.org/Forms/Rules99.pdf</a>

Article m.29 for the foil body cord question.

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Also (brain fart again), allowable curvature is 2 cm for foil, right?</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Helvetica, Arial">Article m.8

[Give an armorer a fish and he'll get his hands slimey. Give him a url for the rules and he can print them out and wrap fish in them. Or something]

[sallearmourer]

A line is 40 cm I cut at 45cm to allow for repair,
B @ C Line as no measureable length. I custom make
for pepole with longer arm lengths that the standard bodycords are to short. 2cm is the maxiuam allowable bend in a foil blade.

Tim

[Purple Fencer]

Thanks, Tim!! That's what I thought.

[sallearmourer]

Sam since he is going to world cup. That means a full weapon check. They are more then likely run everthing though the box, check the blade length the flexable of the blade size of the bell guard handle. Another a full FIE weapons check.

Tim

[MHS Fencer]

Full weapons check at every FIE tournement? Heh, heh, heh... The bodycord check is either non-existent or they pick it up and mark it with a marker - tada, you just past, your body cord may not actually have both end attached. Just to say an FIE sanction doesn't actually mean strenuous enforcement of armory etc. - just ask everybody who's gone to the Montreal World Cup - no weapons check at all prior to the tournement and a stamp done with a sharpie.

[neevel]

Typically, the only tournaments where you have to contend with a full out spec-check on weapons and bodycords are Senior World Champs. and Jr./Cadet World Champs. The equipment check done at NACs is more extensive than what will be found at most World Cups.

-Dave

[SäbelFechter]

First time (and only time so far) that I had to have everything checked out (weapons, cords, masks, etc.) was at Canadian Nationals. Usually, only masks get checked at most tournaments around here.

<small>[ 08-15-2002, 05:11 PM: Message edited by: SäbelFechter ]</small>

[sallearmourer]

David remenber this if Dan is the Head Tech it might just be a full weapons check. That one of the first thing Ted said to me was full FIE check. But more then likely it will be mask lame and bodycords.

Tim

[Zelda]

All Australian circut comps have full weapons check, weapons, mask (visual inspection only), lame, bodycords. On the strip we get checked for plastrons as well.

[DHCJr]

Don't expect a full control at any World Cup, but plan for it.

Length is the easiest to check for, measure 88cm (Sabre) 90cm (Foil/Epee) from the end of the table and put tape there (I would actually measure it to 87.5 & 89.5 for the strengthener) and any weapon that goes over the mark, shorten.

As far as the body cord, a minimum of 40cm on A, longer is no problem as long as you keep the resistance down (<= 1ohm). Yes and 2cm on the curve.