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Please criticized my ski design.

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Image my first design , it is a slow process getting this going. Tell me if this will work. Aiming to make a fat true twin tip for pow and everyday skiing with a dead center mount. I think i put some rocker on the ski, and for the core it is 3 mm tip and tail and 12mm for mid foot which is 51 cm long. sidewalls are 6mm thick as well.
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Looks good, build it
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Is there enough rocker with the tip and tail height?
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For a traditional tip it is probably enough if you are going with an early rise 5.5 cm might be a bit on the low side.

My skis last season had about .5 cm of rise in the tip, which was good but at times the low tip felt like it could get under obstacles like a fallen log of sapling branches and snag.
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updated the height, how does this look?
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Best advise is to go measure some skis. 7.5 on a traditional tip would be a big tip.
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is there any way to make a rocker or early taper on snowcad?
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Yes, decrease your running length and increase your tip/tail lengths. Adjust tip curves and camber as needd.
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thanks!
updated still getting everything together and in the process didnt really care for the old design.
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