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Re: New MOC: Beach Buggy
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Date: 
Fri, 25 Jun 1999 08:22:22 GMT
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"G. Benedikt Rochow" <rochogb@eng.auburn.removethis.edu> writes:

>      http://www.math.uio.no/~fredrigl/technic/
> 
>  On the page, it says that due to the lower suspension arm being
>  shorter, the angle of the wheel changes a tiny bit with suspension
>  travel. I'm having trouble imagining which way the wheels would tilt,
>  but could this be adapted to provide significant tilt that evens out
>  the sideways shift of the wheel center as the suspension travels?

That's an interesting idea!  I've pondered a bit about this, and I think
the wheels tilt the correct way, but I'm not quite sure about it.  I'll
take a look at the model when I come home.

Now I understand why some car manufacturers advertise "unequal length
wishbones"!

>  Another idea - could one use the rotation of the axle that holds the
>  suspension arm to move the suspension in/out, to where the wheel does
>  not move sideways at all, without tilting it as above?

Perhaps it can be done, but I fear that it will make the suspension much
more complicated.  For the small wheels (compared with the 8880!), I
really need a sleek and compact suspension.

Fredrik



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  Re: New MOC: Beach Buggy
 
(...) I see...I hadn't made that conection either. (...) Well, you have achieved that. (Though I wonder how wiggly the use of the new steering parts makes it - I haven't done much with them, but on 8428/32, those semi-large wheels were downright (...) (27 years ago, 25-Jun-99, to lugnet.build)

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(...) (URL) the page, it says that due to the lower suspension arm being shorter, the angle of the wheel changes a tiny bit with suspension travel. I'm having trouble imagining which way the wheels would tilt, but could this be adapted to provide (...) (27 years ago, 24-Jun-99, to lugnet.build)

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