A gun tackle has a single pulley in both the fixed and moving blocks with 2 rope parts dividing the load of 100N. The mechanical advantage is 2, requiring a force of only 50N to lift the load.

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  • piranhaconda@mander.xyz
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    1 day ago

    Somewhere between 100-150 N of downward force, depends on the angle that the rope on the left is being pulled at

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      I don’t think it can get as low as 100N, for that you would have to pull completely upwards. The shadow in the image implies a ceiling, so ~112N if we take 90° as the max angle. The 150N would be the only case with a completely downward force, if you pull at another angle the resulting force vector will be angled as well.

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        21 hours ago

        Yea that’s why I said max down force, didn’t want to do the math to find the resultant for a 90 degree to the left pull

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      Wouldn’t it depend on how fast that rope is pulled too, adding in the acceleration of the mass (or are you considering that with your range of 100-150)?

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        Nope. Right now the system is balanced, the rope is not being pulled just hold. To pull the weight up you need more than 50N, plus a bit more if we take into consideration the friction in the pulleys and in the rope itself.