This was my thought also! So why does tying it down make a problem?
mayf
----- Original Message -----
From: "Theo Smit" <tsmit@shaw.ca>
To: "DrMayf" <drmayf@teknett.com>
Cc: <lb7777@wcrtc.net>; "Anthony & Susan" <jetbike@worldlynx.net>; "Tigers
mailing list (E-mail)" <tigers@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, January 22, 2003 10:26 PM
Subject: Re: Tying the Tiger
> If the masses of the trailer and car are carefully tuned (Mr. Murphy,
where are
> you?), you can get some really goofy motion going, since you'll have two
> semi-independent bodies being bumped around by the road. Using tire
bonnets is
> probably OK for open-wheel cars where the trailer weighs twice what the
car
> does, but if the car is as heavy as the trailer, I'd want it to be a rigid
part
> of the trailer whenever I'm towing it.
>
> Theo
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