SV: Trailers

> adrian.johnson@sympatico.ca wrote:

> ==> I concur, though you may find because you're hauling it behind,

The hitch is more rigid than the glider's rope, certainly. That means that the
trailer has less freedom to move around relative to the tractor than the
glider has... but it *also* means that trailer applies a far greater sideways
force on the tractor than the glider does on the
towing aircraft whenever the tower/trailer team attempts to change its
direction of movement.

> I'm sure with some careful thought and good engineering, you could

Not without transferring the corresponding forces to the towing
vehicle. So, either the towing grav/GEV vehicle is itself equipped to
parry those forces (ie., its own powerplant and transmission is dimensioned to
maneuver two vehicles), or the trailer is equipped to
take care of them (ie., it has its own very-nearly-full-sized grav/GEV
propulsion), or the team needs to move very slowly to avoid crashing
into the neighbourhood :-/

Regards,