Torqueing knock sensor/crow's foot

[Richard J Lebens]

--- Larry C Leung <l.leung at juno.com> 
If, as Charles Penning suggests,
> you turn the crow's foot 90 degrees to the wrench
> axis, the slight increase in distance (along the theoretical
> hypotenuse) is soooooo slight as to render any difference
> pretty much moot. 

Is there any difference?  The measured torque is result of a force at
right angles to the wrench.  The hypotenuse would have a normal and
tangental component.  Force normal to the hypot = Force*Cos(theta.  the
new distance = Old_Dist/Cos(theta)  so force * distance = Force * Old_Dist.

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