Thanks to all who responded ..
Jim verified my basic assumption re: front vs back. Looks like I'm
dealing with somewhere around 300-400 lbs at 65mph
Richard and Roger, I'd like to have a different mounting option but I
don't right now :(
Joe, I've put about 200 miles on the van at speeds up to 65mph with
the dish facing forward with no sign of stress/damage to dish, poles
or van .. the dish has a pretty hefty center mount and the moment arm
is only about a foot.
de john/w1rt
On 9/3/06, John D'Ausilio <jdausilio@gmail.com> wrote:
> Can anyone point me to formulae for calculating the horizontal load on
> a dish in various positions relative to the wind? Actually, the dish
> is on a vehicle and I'm trying to decide if it's worth my time to
> reconfigure so that the dish is facing backward instead of forward
> during travel. Tower content: it's mounted atop the 20 ft crank-up
> aluminum pole I've mentioned here previously .. but it's cranked down
> during travel :)
>
> de w1rt/john
>
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