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Gimballed joint

Gimballed joint

Gimballed joint

(OP)
The following question has been 'bugging' me for a number of years. Can anyone answer it?

Is a Gimbaled joint a Hookes Joint alias (Universal Joint) (Cardan Joint), or is it a Constant Velocity Joint.

Thanks.

RE: Gimballed joint

i would guess Hook's

RE: Gimballed joint

Have you got a picture of one? If you mean one like on a compass binnacle on a boat, yes, it is Hookes joint.

Cheers

Greg Locock

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RE: Gimballed joint

(OP)
GregLocock.

Unfortunately, no picture. The rotorcraft industry has uses the expression 'gimbaled' on occasion, when referring to the motions of specific rotorhead designs. It has been used to refer to a Hooke's joint action and to a CVJ action.

The V-22 tiltrotor uses the term 'gimbaled' but I have been unable to discover if the proprotor and the engine remain in phase with each other as the joint flexes.

RE: Gimballed joint

Well, if it has one axle, it is a Hookes joint, if it doesn't, then it is probably a CV

Cheers

Greg Locock

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