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, every time we try to "carry on" you bring back the picture of your come-along setup. Are you bitter about the bent pin or something? :B
It wouldn't have mattered if you had applied 100 TONS of force - the whole hitch might have bent into a pretzel, but I think you might be the only one here who thinks that your experiment PROVES that no trans-rotation can happen in response to force from ANY direction, namely tangent to the linkage-restricted path (which is never at a fixed angle, BTW).
Cheers,
Tim
It wouldn't have mattered if you had applied 100 TONS of force - the whole hitch might have bent into a pretzel, but I think you might be the only one here who thinks that your experiment PROVES that no trans-rotation can happen in response to force from ANY direction, namely tangent to the linkage-restricted path (which is never at a fixed angle, BTW).
Cheers,
Tim
