Gimballed joint

[Intermesher]

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.

 

[scarecrow55]

i would guess Hook's

 

[GregLocock]

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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[Intermesher]

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.

 

[GregLocock]

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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