Brian Jackson
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Greetings all, but this might be a question for Chuck Beaty.
Perhaps this has been covered elsewhere but I do not recall reading anything about it. Is there an optimal ratio of mast segment lengths above and below the split point of a folding mast? I ask because, imagining a vibrating guitar string, there is a null point. Of course being split, there are now 2 masses, so I would think there's a point of least stress at the attachment.
Thank you,
Brian
Perhaps this has been covered elsewhere but I do not recall reading anything about it. Is there an optimal ratio of mast segment lengths above and below the split point of a folding mast? I ask because, imagining a vibrating guitar string, there is a null point. Of course being split, there are now 2 masses, so I would think there's a point of least stress at the attachment.
Thank you,
Brian