I can't wrap my head around this.
Yes, the element is "torque balanced" at it's own center, but at the
boom center? I think not.
-Steve K8LX
On 09/02/19 12:41 PM, Jim Thomson wrote:
## vane NOT required if boom mounted at center. Counterweight IS
required....at light end.
## Longer eles... and number of eles has nothing to do with with it.
Each ele is symetrical...so the eles are already tq balanced . If
wind hits the eles at an angle...... and viewed from above... left
side of eles bends CW.....
meanwhile right side of ele bends CCW...... they cancel out...... or
vice versa. The eles are still tq balanced.
## I tried this experiment. 40 ft boom..... mounted at exact center
of boom....to mast. Only ONE 20m ELE USED...THE REF..... mounted of
course, at extreme end of boom. no counterweight used for this test.
No coax, no rotor.
Does not rotate, nor ....weathervane, etc. Stays put, regardless of
windspeed, or where boom was oriented by hand.
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