what is the best way to set your clothesline poles? north and south or east and west?
[2006-02-02 04:27:05]

Q: has anyone heard that if you put them going north and south your clothes won't twist on the line? because of the wind direction!

A: It's a little more complicated than that. It depends on where you live (latitude) and what you want to accomplish. You can find out at most weather and climate sites what the prevailing wind direction is for your area. You can also just observe the normal

Do It Yourself (DIY) »

how far apart should my eight foot clothesline poles be?
[2008-04-29 16:32:22]


sturdy steel poles. Will be using my line for all washables from underwear to king sized comforter. Don't want things to drag on the ground when on the line.


as far apart as you need to fit everything...use clothes props to keep things from dragging on the ground...

Coach's Corner: Queen of the most difficult athletic skill

Look!

Up in the sky.

It's a bird.

It's a plane.

It's ... a flying bear!

It's Emma King, the diminutive junior track and field star who has taken Maryland girls pole vaulting to new heights.

In the latest national rankings of vaulters by Athletic.net, King is ranked No. 8 with her leap of 12 feet, 10 inches last month at the Don Boyer Invitational. The top performer in the country in her event has cleared 13-8. She is within three inches of being No. 2 with three weeks left in the season to accomplish that goal.

Before we go any further, let me explain a little about pole

Physics »

A crow sits on a clothesline midway between two poles as shown. Each end of the rope makes an angle of Оё = 15В°?
[2009-10-03 22:03:58]

A crow sits on a clothesline midway between two poles as shown. Each end of the rope makes an angle of Оё = 15В° below the horizontal where it connects to the pole. If the combined weight of the crow and the rope is 7.2 N, what is the tension in the rope?


The bird splits the line into two "mirrored" triangles with their opposite sides back-to-back. If you rotate the triangle vertically through 180 degrees, the 15 degree angle will be at the vertex where the bird sits. From Newton's 2nd law, the

Engineering »

A horizontal clothesline is tied between 2 poles, 18 meters apart. When a mass of 2 kilograms is tied to the m?
[2010-08-25 20:16:54]

A horizontal clothesline is tied between 2 poles, 18 meters apart.
When a mass of 2 kilograms is tied to the middle of the clothesline, it sags a distance of 4 meters.

What is the magnitude of the tension on the ends of the clothesline?

Clothesline Poles - News
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