Modeling of a Tethered Testbed for a VTVL Vehicle

Figure 11

Forces obtained for the trajectory 1. (a) Sum of forces at the lander (in red) and the corresponding individual forces (in blue, green, and yellow), over the time steps of the lander’s movement. (b) Virtual forces and their difference (in blue, green, and yellow) for each rope.

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