[TowerTalk] Wind Loading redux

[J. Kincade]

Why not just turn the array so the short side of the boom is pointed into
the prevailing wind?
Jerry W5KP

>
>      I think what you're cautioning us about is the case where we have
large
> HF Yagi arrays in which the balance point (and mounting point) of the
array
> is not the center of the boom.  In these cases, wind blowing broadside to
> the boom will want to turn the longer side of the boom away from the wind,
> creating torque on the mast/rotator/tower.
>



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