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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Tim,
Sorry, I didn't call your model a theory to belittle it, or to make it seem as if it made no sense, but rather because I thought that the model represented your theory on how the hitch actually works. It seems to me now that you were actually using it to dispute what you thought to be my theory on how all of this works.
My understanding of the hitch hasn't changed since I first jumped in, I think that maybe I have conveyed my thoughs clearly enough now, that you understand what I've been trying to say all along.
My bad, admittedly I have struggled to clearly and accurately convey my thoughts on how the HA works. It was never my belief that the 4 bar linkage could not be moved in the way that your video depicts, however the actual hitch properly mounted between the TT and TV cannot move this way. I think that we agree on that now, and from the sound of things may have all along.
I do still have one question. How does the VPP from your earlier diagrams play into this mechanism?
Thanks
Dave
tluxon wrote:
...I don't like that you call my linkage video, a "theory", but you've got a good grasp of the picture now...
Sorry, I didn't call your model a theory to belittle it, or to make it seem as if it made no sense, but rather because I thought that the model represented your theory on how the hitch actually works. It seems to me now that you were actually using it to dispute what you thought to be my theory on how all of this works.
tluxon wrote:
...but you've got a good grasp of the picture now...
My understanding of the hitch hasn't changed since I first jumped in, I think that maybe I have conveyed my thoughs clearly enough now, that you understand what I've been trying to say all along.
My bad, admittedly I have struggled to clearly and accurately convey my thoughts on how the HA works. It was never my belief that the 4 bar linkage could not be moved in the way that your video depicts, however the actual hitch properly mounted between the TT and TV cannot move this way. I think that we agree on that now, and from the sound of things may have all along.
I do still have one question. How does the VPP from your earlier diagrams play into this mechanism?
Thanks
Dave
