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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Huh? Wazzaat??
Oh, hi guys....Tim, I'll jump in and answer your question to Will...I think we pretty much beat the concept of the 4-bar linkage to death. I'll go out on a limb and say that we all agree that the creation of the VPP by the linkage is the cornerstone of the HA design and largely responsible for its effectiveness. Recent conversation has largely been focused around the specifics/details of this.
We did start to touch on a secondary component of the hitch, a point that you brought up Tim, about the HA's ability to reduce lateral forces on the TV based on the moments created by the 4-bar linkage. I think we got off track before we sufficiently quantified that concept.
All we need now is a little differential calculus to show that the 4-bar linkage not only changes the force moments, but also affects that rate at which those forces build on the TV in response to forces applied to the TT. (dv/dt=?)
I would also suggest that we could summarize for the Les the Moderator the relevant posts to keep in the thread and condense to a sticky.
Thanks to all for much time spent on this! Ron, enjoy your fishing trip!! Last time I had 3 weeks off in a row, I was unemployed....
Don
*snort*
Huh? Wazzaat??
Oh, hi guys....Tim, I'll jump in and answer your question to Will...I think we pretty much beat the concept of the 4-bar linkage to death. I'll go out on a limb and say that we all agree that the creation of the VPP by the linkage is the cornerstone of the HA design and largely responsible for its effectiveness. Recent conversation has largely been focused around the specifics/details of this.
We did start to touch on a secondary component of the hitch, a point that you brought up Tim, about the HA's ability to reduce lateral forces on the TV based on the moments created by the 4-bar linkage. I think we got off track before we sufficiently quantified that concept.
All we need now is a little differential calculus to show that the 4-bar linkage not only changes the force moments, but also affects that rate at which those forces build on the TV in response to forces applied to the TT. (dv/dt=?)
I would also suggest that we could summarize for the Les the Moderator the relevant posts to keep in the thread and condense to a sticky.
Thanks to all for much time spent on this! Ron, enjoy your fishing trip!! Last time I had 3 weeks off in a row, I was unemployed....
Don
