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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Milt, you asked this of Ed:
I thought Ron provided a pretty good explanation for why there was no translation in response to the force you applied.
I'd like to add to this. It has to do with the direction from which the force was applied. In order to get translation, you would have to apply a force tangent to the path made possible by the linkage, which is elliptical. This would be almost 90 degrees from the direction of force you applied, so I'm not at all surprised that you didn't see any translation in that direction. It would be very hard to spin a bicycle wheel by pulling on one of the spokes.
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Tim
Stressor wrote:
You have not addressed the lack of translation in the hitch picture. The application of a very large off center rotational force from the travel trailer end of the linkage has not resulted in any rotation, translation, or what have you. What is your explanation for this? You say it is not locked up, can you explain the lack of movement?
I thought Ron provided a pretty good explanation for why there was no translation in response to the force you applied.
I'd like to add to this. It has to do with the direction from which the force was applied. In order to get translation, you would have to apply a force tangent to the path made possible by the linkage, which is elliptical. This would be almost 90 degrees from the direction of force you applied, so I'm not at all surprised that you didn't see any translation in that direction. It would be very hard to spin a bicycle wheel by pulling on one of the spokes.
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Tim
