Recent content by amainejr

Looking back, the upper arm weight will mostly be supported by the other arms, so in effect, I would think that the total amount of torque necessary should be a fraction of what is previously estimated. Can anyone support the idea that I should, in fact, be well above the required amount of...

Thanks for the quick reply. That's about what I concluded. Vertical, would be straight up (pi/2). Let me know if I went about this the wrong way, here are my thoughts, assuming the entire weight was pulling perpendicular in the isolated system: m(total) = .746kg L = .585m R = .485m F = m*g...

This problem should be an introductory physics problem, but I am not sure if I am going about it the right way. This Link is the total system that has been created, and I have attached an isolated image to clarify what I am about to ask, so please refer to that. I have a point-mass (m)...