Rock Solid hobie pedal arm upgrade group buy .... UPDATED WITH ORDER INFO!!!

2x 2014 v2s here, no signs of problems yet, but I've got less than 100 miles on them so far (probably around 50-60 miles in non-ocean conditions).

2012- v2 drive for the 2012 PA12 that I bought from Ron has had no problems.

A big factor in this is also how hard the user pushes the drive though. 

I do believe that broken drives only occur to the small fraction of guys who push their gear hard. Hobie designed a part that is good enough 95% of the time. The problem is it a minor part. With a broken drive and an Outback or PA you are damn near dead in the water. It is like an airplane wing that is strong enough to fly with unless you get caught in a storm. The drive needs to be rock solid.

I do believe that broken drives only occur to the small fraction of guys who push their gear hard. Hobie designed a part that is good enough 95% of the time.

I think that would tilt the scales away from a fatigue+single overload failure to more of a single overload catastrophic failure which could still be caused by either a material, processing, or manufacturing defect that occurred over a limited number of drives. 

However, if the design is such that a single high force cycle can cause failure at any point in the life of the drive, despite everything about the arms being perfectly grizzly and quite correct, then the failures should occur relatively equally over all drive years...

fatigue, if it is occurring under normal or slightly heavy use (a design problem), would over time reduce the force required to cause a final catastrophic failure, so the earliest failures (with lowest hours on the drive) would be in those pushing their gear really hard, but over time, failures would start showing up in those racking up lots of hours of normal use (fatigue cracks grow), punctuated by a final slightly hard cycle...cheers, roger

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I think I have seen  that guy fishing  , he was beating a flounder with his bare hands VIKING STYLE.   
That's hilarious

Quick update guys,
I have not forgotten about you, just been busy trying to make this work. The original shop that I have been talking to came back with a quote that is completely unreasonable. So I have opened conversations with a few other machine shops in an attempt to create a better product at a competitive price. When I get a shop locked in I will let you all know.
In the mean time, I have a list of everyone who has expressed interest for far. If you have not spoken up and wish to be a part of the group buy feel free to post here and I will include you on the list.
Thanks for the support
~Bill

OK guys! I finally have a final design a shop and pricing!
These are going to kick ass! The arms are going to be made of solid aircraft grade aluminum hard anodized to military spec. Each arm will be taped for bicycle pedals. Each set will come with a set of arms and a set of custom set of stainless shafts that fit into the arms and will allow the use of the factory Hobie pedals.

The pretty buy price is going to be $85 and full retail will be $124.99

The PayPal account will be live next week. I have a list of everyone who said they were interested. Let me know if you are in or out.
SUPER EXCITED!!!

OK guys! I finally have a final design a shop and pricing!
These are going to kick ass! The arms are going to be made of solid aircraft grade aluminum hard anodized to military spec. Each arm will be taped for bicycle pedals. Each set will come with a set of arms and a set of custom set of stainless shafts that fit into the arms and will allow the use of the factory Hobie pedals.

The pretty buy price is going to be $85 and full retail will be $124.99

The PayPal account will be live next week. I have a list of everyone who said they were interested. Let me know if you are in or out.
SUPER EXCITED!!!

If I win the ORC I might want a set

fantastic, I am in for 1 pair.   roger

I'm in for a pair. I originally said two pairs but I sold my Outback last week. This is awesome! I'm stoked.

In for one.

Me! Me! Me! One pair. Will these be brought to the ORC?

Thank you!

Fred "True" Trujillo

Me! Me! Me! One pair. Will these be brought to the ORC?

Thank you!

Fred "True" Trujillo

They will not be ready for ORC ... It will take 4-5 weeks for machining.