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Subject:	RE: need help with modeling 8860 steering
Newsgroups:	lugnet.cad
Date:	Thu, 14 Dec 2000 19:21:58 GMT
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Coby Bassett writes: > I am trying to model the 8860 Auto Chassis Expert Builder set (in > POV-Ray) and am baffled by how to get its steering system right. Check out > the front of the car in these pictures from the building > instructions to see the section I'm referring to: > http://brickshelf.com/scans/8000/8860/8860-14.html > http://brickshelf.com/scans/8000/8860/8860-15.html > http://brickshelf.com/scans/8000/8860/8860-16.html Does this little illustration help any? http://brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=23723 (B is the rack turntable) If you know the displacement of the steering rack, it shouldn't be too difficult to calculate length c. However, I haven't thought a whole lot about how the interior angles of the triangle relate to the rotation of the component parts. I'll leave that as an exercise for the reader :P Are you going to make an animation or do you just want to set the steering at some angle perfectly? --Bram Bram Lambrecht bram@cwru.edu http://home.cwru.edu/~bxl34/

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		Re: need help with modeling 8860 steering
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		need help with modeling 8860 steering
I am trying to model the 8860 Auto Chassis Expert Builder set (in POV-Ray) and am baffled by how to get its steering system right. Check out the front of the car in these pictures from the building instructions to see the section I'm referring to: (...) (24 years ago, 14-Dec-00, to lugnet.cad)

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