A tower comprising: a tower section including a shell having an inner surface defining a volume; and an auxiliary component at least partially disposed in the volume, the auxiliary component including a body, a linkage arm, a first coupling attached to the tower section, and a second coupling attached to the inner surface of the shell, the linkage arm having a first end portion and a second end portion opposite the first end portion, the first end portion of the linkage arm is mechanically coupled to the body, and the second end portion of the linkage arm is mechanically coupled to the second coupling, wherein a first force exerted by the auxiliary component on the section via the first coupling is substantially perpendicular to a normal component of a second force exerted by the linkage arm on the inner surface of the shell via the second coupling, at the second coupling attached to the inner surface of the shell, the linkage arm is flexible such that, in response to dynamic variations in load on the auxiliary component, the normal component of the second force remains greater than a shear component of the second force exerted by the linkage arm on the inner surface of the shell via the second coupling, characterized in that the first end portion includes a first revolute joint, the second end portion includes a second revolute joint, and the first coupling includes a third revolute joint, and the first revolute joint, the second revolute joint, and the third revolute joint are oriented relative to each other such that a respective axis of rotation of each respective revolute joint is parallel to a respective axis of rotation of each of the other revolute joints. a tower section including a shell having an inner surface defining a volume; and an auxiliary component at least partially disposed in the volume, the auxiliary component including a body, a linkage arm, a first coupling attached to the tower section, and a second coupling attached to the inner surface of the shell, the linkage arm having a first end portion and a second end portion opposite the first end portion, the first end portion of the linkage arm is mechanically coupled to the body, and the second end portion of the linkage arm is mechanically coupled to the second coupling, wherein a first force exerted by the auxiliary component on the section via the first coupling is substantially perpendicular to a normal component of a second force exerted by the linkage arm on the inner surface of the shell via the second coupling, at the second coupling attached to the inner surface of the shell, the linkage arm is flexible such that, in response to dynamic variations in load on the auxiliary component, the normal component of the second force remains greater than a shear component of the second force exerted by the linkage arm on the inner surface of the shell via the second coupling, characterized in that the first end portion includes a first revolute joint, the second end portion includes a second revolute joint, and the first coupling includes a third revolute joint, and the first revolute joint, the second revolute joint, and the third revolute joint are oriented relative to each other such that a respective axis of rotation of each respective revolute joint is parallel to a respective axis of rotation of each of the other revolute joints. a first force exerted by the auxiliary component on the section via the first coupling is substantially perpendicular to a normal component of a second force exerted by the linkage arm on the inner surface of the shell via the second coupling, at the second coupling attached to the inner surface of the shell, the linkage arm is flexible such that, in response to dynamic variations in load on the auxiliary component, the normal component of the second force remains greater than a shear component of the second force exerted by the linkage arm on the inner surface of the shell via the second coupling, characterized in that the first end portion includes a first revolute joint, the second end portion includes a second revolute joint, and the first coupling includes a third revolute joint, and the first revolute joint, the second revolute joint, and the third revolute joint are oriented relative to each other such that a respective axis of rotation of each respective revolute joint is parallel to a respective axis of rotation of each of the other revolute joints.