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Ackerman steering geometry : How do you make it ?
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Sun, 27 Feb 2005 17:45:20 GMT
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Hi,
The Ackerman geometry make both steering wheels follows the proper arc when
turning (the inside wheel follow a smaller arc than the outside one) : the
wheels turn a different angle. (Ackerman principle is well known in France as
"épure de Jeantaud" - see here : http://tpmaint.free.fr/liaisonsol/jeantaud.htm)
How do you realise that in your own LEGO models ?
Did TLC propose such a mechanical device in an official sets ?
I only seen jennifer clark's DEMAG crane using it :
http://telepresence.dmem.strath.ac.uk/jen/lego/demag_crane.htm
Regards,
Didier Enjary
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| (...) I believe that the 8479 barcode truck also used a sort of Ackerman steering. Can't cut and paste the image as easily as Jennifer, since it's in a PDF. The prevalent theory seems to be: if you draw an imaginary line through the steering arms (...) (20 years ago, 1-Mar-05, to lugnet.technic)
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