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Faaak
8 months ago
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Starship Flight 5: Launch and booster catch [video...
The crane lifts on the same axis as gravity, so the force is the same as the object. If the cable is horizontal-ish the the force is X/cos(a), which can be many times higher than the object
Jugurtha
8 months ago
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mechanical_advantage
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crane_(machine)
https://archive.org/details/constructioncra00markgoog
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