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Offline Tim754

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Re: Short rods
« Reply #15 on: September 28, 2012, 06:41:14 pm »
Piston engines or human genetics? :D
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Offline Lozza

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Re: Short rods
« Reply #16 on: September 28, 2012, 08:33:01 pm »
Long v's short rod is the 'Sine Rule'  basic trigonometry. The angluar force on the rod can be divided into a verticle and horizontal component, the less the angle the greater the verticle force and less horizontal force.
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Re: Short rods
« Reply #17 on: September 29, 2012, 03:45:45 pm »
 Thanks for posting that article, very good info!
 Hey Mike you may know my nephew Dave Cox from 'Garage Redzone'?
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« Last Edit: September 29, 2012, 03:48:34 pm by pancho »
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