This effect is especially noticeable with ropes, and still is with swivel bearings albeit much less. Objects of identical mass attached through a rope as opposed to being part of the same rigid body have been observed to have over ~4 times the effective weight that their equivalent has. This is made especially obvious with the use of levitite.
https://youtu.be/_s3Xjr2_AMI
This effect is especially noticeable with ropes, and still is with swivel bearings albeit much less. Objects of identical mass attached through a rope as opposed to being part of the same rigid body have been observed to have over ~4 times the effective weight that their equivalent has. This is made especially obvious with the use of levitite.
https://youtu.be/_s3Xjr2_AMI