Hensley Arrow: How does it REALLY work?
There have been several discussions on this hitch that have become somewhat 'controversial'. I am NOT trying to stir this controversy/bashing back up. Instead, I'd like to see a good, intelligent di...
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A virtual pivot point is just that... virtual. It does not move at this virtual pivot point, because there is no place for it to pivot there. It is just a place that is thought of as where the pivot point would be... if it were mechanically possible for it to pivot.
So, even though (theoretically) the trailer is or is not (depending on your view here... I offered my explanation, and am not going to get involved with this particular point of the debate) able to act upon the tow vehicle, do you think that it would make sense to call the connection "virtually" solid. After all, we refer to virtual pivot points, which are not actual pivot points. Is the connection "virtually" solid, even though it is capable of movement?
OK, I'll let you engineering students go at it, and I will just try to understand it with my "high school graduate" mind.
So, even though (theoretically) the trailer is or is not (depending on your view here... I offered my explanation, and am not going to get involved with this particular point of the debate) able to act upon the tow vehicle, do you think that it would make sense to call the connection "virtually" solid. After all, we refer to virtual pivot points, which are not actual pivot points. Is the connection "virtually" solid, even though it is capable of movement?
OK, I'll let you engineering students go at it, and I will just try to understand it with my "high school graduate" mind.
