TheTreeSpyder
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A 2:1 to me is Mechanical Advantage, because it gives more power, but from pulls inline to each other, on each leg, not from non-inline/ perpendicular/ rotational leverage type increases.
Whether we get more power from inline pulls or non-inline we still have to trade distance for power, becuase that is the only way to do it. For only force can overcome distance, so increasing distance, must modify force value.
The use of pulleys, jsut gives this modification in even numbers (2x,3x,4x,5x etc.) per legs of inline pull dividing the load on the same axis. Leverage is rotational/ not same axis, and doesn't need all the extra legs per increase, and can also be like 6.8x etc.
The true power to materials is in the less understood rope angles like Brion Toss's sweating in to pretension or lift.
Whether we get more power from inline pulls or non-inline we still have to trade distance for power, becuase that is the only way to do it. For only force can overcome distance, so increasing distance, must modify force value.
The use of pulleys, jsut gives this modification in even numbers (2x,3x,4x,5x etc.) per legs of inline pull dividing the load on the same axis. Leverage is rotational/ not same axis, and doesn't need all the extra legs per increase, and can also be like 6.8x etc.
The true power to materials is in the less understood rope angles like Brion Toss's sweating in to pretension or lift.
