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Old 11-27-2011, 05:26 PM   #22 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by bondo View Post
This is a nice design. I am trying to figure out how the tractor trailer interface allows for any turning radius.
Make the external plating move over the circular shaped front of the trailer.
Sort of what Aerohead is doing with his streamlined trailer.
By carefully locating the covering plates and the circular front in relation to the kingpin, you'd only need to cater for minor deviations - mostly those caused by both parts of the rig heaving and diving or flexing.
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