Model the leaf spring / blade flexion rear damper system β no oil, no piston, just steel and physics.
What is a Blade Damper?
Awesomatix blade dampers replace conventional oil-filled rear shocks with a leaf spring / blade flexion element.
Instead of orifice-flow damping (force β velocityΒ²), blade dampers provide:
Spring rate from cantilever beam flexion: k = EΒ·wΒ·tΒ³ / (4Β·LΒ³)Damping from material hysteresis (Coulomb-like, nearly constant with velocity)Very linear response β no progressive damping curveLower overall damping (ΞΆ β 0.02-0.10) vs oil shocks (ΞΆ β 0.3-0.8)
Key difference: Rear roll stiffness comes primarily from the blade spring + rear ARB,
not from shock damping. This means the rear behaves with less high-speed damping and more linear response.
Tuning Levers (Ranked by Impact)
Blade thickness β Rate β tΒ³ (cubic!)
HIGH
Effective length β Rate β 1/LΒ³ (inverse cubic)
HIGH
Blade width β Rate β w (linear)
MED
Material choice β Rate β E (linear)
MED
Preload β Shifts operating point, doesn't change rate
LOW
Quick Stats β Standard A800R Medium Blade (0.5mm Γ 8mm Γ 35mm)
Blade Configuration
Analyze Blade
Tuning Sensitivity
vs Oil Shock