[TowerTalk] Calculating Forces for Tilting tower

[Richard (Rick) Karlquist]

On 5/29/2019 10:27 AM, charlie at thegallos.com wrote:
> Thanks Jim,
> That makes 100% sense, was wondering where the "Magic" 2x and 4x came 
> from, as I was expecting to see a COS in there somewhere, and moment 
> arms (I know enough to know that)
> 

It may seem that trigonometry is always necessary to make these
calculations.  However, in many cases, the forces can be determined
without trigonometric functions by using similar triangles.  There
is a tendency to jump right in with trig functions whether they
are essential or not.

73
Rick N6RK