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Re: GEV Physics and GEVs for engineers

From: KH.Ranitzsch@t...
Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2001 13:20:46 +0100 (MET)
Subject: Re: GEV Physics and GEVs for engineers

KH.Ranitzsch@t-online.de schrieb:
> > Just thinking of scratchbuilding some 
> > engineering vehicles for SG2 and trying to figure 
> > out if GEVs are at all practical for engineering 
> > vehicles. 

>  If the task involves moving as well, auxiliary wheels or tracks 
would be  
> needed.  
> 
> For a highly mobile force, it might make sense to have 
> engineering vehicles that use Ground-effect mobility for fast 
> movement. But they would need auxiliary tracks/wheels for actual work 
-  
> complex and likely to be expensive. 

Another option for auxiliary movement might be legs - probably four or 
more rather than two. Some kind of insect-like arrangement with folding 
legs might also be easier to combine with a GEV skirt than wheels or 
tracks. 

Greetings


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