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I did not want to hijack someone else's thread with this.
Given that the military inclinometers come from the LMTV series (or even other trucks and equipment), the range of the scale and the red marks may or may not be useful for the M35A2.
The US Army Tank Automotive Command did not fully model the M35A2 when they did a computer stability simulation with the M105 trailer in 1992, but the report says a few useful things:
"The maximum roll angle reached by the M35A2 was close to 25 degrees." [...] "Although 25 degrees is a severe roll angle for a truck the size of the M35A2, it is only about half the angle required for the truck to roll over."
The report is for an unloaded M35A2 which then towed a M105 with 0 to 3t maximum loads. The trailer affected the truck stability insignificantly.
Clearly, no inclinometer can take into account the differences between empty, loaded, partially loaded trucks. Having an S-280 shelter in the back certainly won't help with rollover angles.
So, if one wishes to have a somewhat meaningful inclinometer in a Deuce, the scale should probably run to about 35-40 degrees for empty wheeling.
That angle means half of your a** is already sitting on the door. I'd leave you and get out sooner (climbing out upwards, thank you). So.. on second thought.. maybe the FMTV inclinometer with a mere 26 degrees or so ain't that bad to keep people from doing schtoopid things!![Smile :) :)](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
If you feel like reading the report:
http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA255507
Click on "PDF URL" and download.
Given that the military inclinometers come from the LMTV series (or even other trucks and equipment), the range of the scale and the red marks may or may not be useful for the M35A2.
The US Army Tank Automotive Command did not fully model the M35A2 when they did a computer stability simulation with the M105 trailer in 1992, but the report says a few useful things:
"The maximum roll angle reached by the M35A2 was close to 25 degrees." [...] "Although 25 degrees is a severe roll angle for a truck the size of the M35A2, it is only about half the angle required for the truck to roll over."
The report is for an unloaded M35A2 which then towed a M105 with 0 to 3t maximum loads. The trailer affected the truck stability insignificantly.
Clearly, no inclinometer can take into account the differences between empty, loaded, partially loaded trucks. Having an S-280 shelter in the back certainly won't help with rollover angles.
So, if one wishes to have a somewhat meaningful inclinometer in a Deuce, the scale should probably run to about 35-40 degrees for empty wheeling.
That angle means half of your a** is already sitting on the door. I'd leave you and get out sooner (climbing out upwards, thank you). So.. on second thought.. maybe the FMTV inclinometer with a mere 26 degrees or so ain't that bad to keep people from doing schtoopid things!
If you feel like reading the report:
http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA255507
Click on "PDF URL" and download.
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