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Re:Bring back hydrogen lifting gas by Retric on Monday August 09, 2021 @04:05PM (#28121705)
It does defect the anchor from pure vertical, but like a ball on a pendulum the vertical force from the anchor translates into a horizontal force.

EX: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/312934526/figure/do...

Of course if you really dig into things it’s more complicated, but the basic principle is very similar.

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