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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Ron Gratz wrote:
I have stated previously (and Tim Luxon has confirmed with his diagrams -- somewhere back around Page 6) that, due to the HA's linkage geometry, the VPP moves about 20" to the side of the TV's longitudinal centerline when the angle between the TV and TT is about 4 degrees.
Ron
Wow! Thanks for the clarification Ron. At risk of re-opening the thread on a technical level, I'm wondering if the geometry/resultant force issue becomes critical as a result of the VPP's lateral travel reaching its extreme OR if it becomes significant when "hitting the stop" (collapse of one of the two links) occurs, causing a "jerk" load on the TV's rear wheels as was Garfield's experience. My expectation (not my experience) would be that the latter would be a more likely LOC event.
