Thomas wrote:
> 
> >BTW, you can also think of it a different way: The two wheels and their
> >axis always move on a circle with it's center somewhere on the axis.
> 
> That's what someone here at work suggested as well, but the truck is moving
> along a spline and I don't think that it is easy to determine the radius of
> the spline at any given point.

That's not the point, the trailer won't follow the same path as the truck
anyway, it was just meant to give an idea how things are supposed to work.

BTW, taking a piece of paper and drawing the trailer and it's movement
will be quite helpful for finding a good method calculating it's movement.

Christoph

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