Can anyone explain me, why my rod would start to unload, while my line increases in speed and I am about to add max torque?Paul Arden wrote: ↑Tue Jul 11, 2023 12:07 pmI don’t think that’s what Paul said. I think he said,Paul claiming to not start the main speed up of his line hand (to haul) before the rod starts to straighten
The rod is certainly unloading as we are hauling. We have known this for 24 years. And for as long we have been questioning whether the rod could be unloading while we are adding torque. One thing that was argued a long time ago was that as the rod angle changed from vertical to horizontal the load on the tip would decrease. And then some 15 years ago Server suggested the Self Deceleration Mechanism, which I think of as jumping down on a bed spring. That’s the “arguably” bit!I see the rod hand as doing two things; 1) rotating the rod (torque), which does load it. But mostly we accelerate later, arguably as the rod is unloading. 2) increases haul speed because haul is the separation of line hand from the stripper.
I thought the moment when I reduce force input is, when my rod starts to unload.
MCL isn't a measure for rod load, is it?
I ran a test:
My rod horizontal, specific weight on my tip, putting nylon tip to handle. As soon as I lift my rod, MCL decreases, while the load should remain the same since the weight on the tip wasnt changed. I thought this is, because I now add the force more to the thinner tip section = tip getting closer to butt.
Main questions:
When do we start to accel. our line hand and when do we max out in a) line hand speed and b) line thrue the guides speed?
I would have said to start accel. my line hand when I start main rod rotation and then max line hand speed happens slightly post max line speed thru the guides (because the angle guide to line hand gets less effective near the end).
Looking forward to stay corrected. Too long not having discussed these details. Probably I forgot some!
Thanks
Bernd