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Re: New MOC: Beach Buggy
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lugnet.build
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Fri, 25 Jun 1999 17:14:38 GMT
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In lugnet.build, Fredrik Glöckner writes:
> "G. Benedikt Rochow" <rochogb@eng.auburn.removethis.edu> writes:
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> > http://www.math.uio.no/~fredrigl/technic/
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> > 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?
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> 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.
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> Now I understand why some car manufacturers advertise "unequal length
> wishbones"!
I see...I hadn't made that conection either.
> more complicated. For the small wheels (compared with the 8880!), I
> really need a sleek and compact suspension.
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 floppy.)
I'll try to get even more compact, though, by the narrowest and
either flattest or shortest (front-to-back of vehicle) implementation
of plain steering on a live axle with Panhard-rod as in your
white 30s racer, but with 3 z24 or z16 gears on the Panhard rod
instead of a U-jointed column (1 on each pivot and 1 connecting them
in the middle), with the aim of still fitting an engine in the
front for a 16-wide vehicle somewhat sensibly scaled for 8845 or
MT wheels. Considering the space steering takes away from
the engine compartment, rear-engined sports cars make sense suddenly...
And then there's a fixed steering setup, which each wheel on a little
swingarm on the knuckle...
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| (...) 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 (...) (25 years ago, 25-Jun-99, to lugnet.build)
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