Thread: Flipped Trailer
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Unread 20-01-2009, 13:49
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Re: Flipped Trailer

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Originally Posted by wendymom View Post
Bacon played Human Lunacy last week along with 665 and 2757. Trailers flip much easier than you would think. Granted ours were trash cans attatched to the kids belt loops by carabiners...but still. When you tried to turn fast or to sharply...flip!
I don't feel that Human Lunacy would be very comparable to the real game. First, a trash can (presumably wheeled in some way) would have a significantly higher center of gravity (unless the bottom was additionally weighted in some way), which would make it significantly easier to flip. Also, attaching the tongue higher up also makes it easier to flip, as any applied force is translated in part into an upward force on the base. There are many other things that could affect your results, but I am not sure of the details of how you played your game.