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Old 03-31-2009, 01:29 PM   #10 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by collins590 View Post
You obviously missed physics class. A rod is on a pivot, the longer the rod, the further you need to move the end, and the less effort needed, to do the same amount of work as if the rod were shorter. Just grab your shifter from the bottom and shift and you will see that you will not have to move your arm nearly as much, but it will be harder.
I'll admit I never went to physics but all your doing is shortening the actual movement that your arm makes. Your not actually shortening the throw right?

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Originally Posted by HTXSI View Post
Look at this and then say it dosnt do anything.

Diy ss
And your throw appears to be shorter because your measurements are not constant. If you measured the throw from the same low point on the stock you would see that its the same distance. All I'm saying is that if you lean a 10ft. pole 10 degrees obiously the tip of the 10' pole is going to be farther from the origin than on a 5' pole. But the distance 10 degrees is still the same.

Get it? right? wrong?
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