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.
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