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Re: Adjustable 4 wheel steering
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lugnet.technic
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Mon, 27 Nov 2000 00:14:37 GMT
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Jennifer,
Jennifer Clark <jen@vulture.dmem.strath.ac.uk> wrote in message
news:G4nnIJ.1uM@lugnet.com...
> In lugnet.technic, Ross Crawford writes:
> > Jennifer,
> >
> > The way to get less steering on the inner axles would be to reduce the
> > effect of the control on those axles by moving the fulcrum (or whatever).
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> Indeed - but would this not also reduce the effect when in crab mode too,
> where all axles should be steered equally? I was wondering if it would be
> possible to get an assymetric effect from the linkage, so that having the
> control fully one way would result in more steering movement than having • the
> control fully the other way.
Well, you could make it so the fulcrum of the "open I" link isnt in the
middle. Or just make the controls movement biased towards unison (same
result). Or limit the control's movement in the "crab" direction.
> > And may I also take this opportunity to congratulate you on your latest
> > "construction construction"!!!
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> Ta!
NTR! (no thanks required) It's an exceptional model! As are the others on
your page! Have TLC offered you a job yet? 8?) BTW, if you look at my
lugnet page (#469), you'll see I'm working on a tower crane. Looks like Ive
got the "construction construction" bug, too!!
ROSCO
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Message has 2 Replies:
 | | Re: Adjustable 4 wheel steering
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| I have had luck with an air selection system. Utilizing the 1.25" cylinders for engaging the axles from one steering setup to the other. This takes a lot of room as you have to run both pinion shafts to each axle and have a cylinder there to engage (...) (24 years ago, 27-Nov-00, to lugnet.technic)
| | | Re: Adjustable 4 wheel steering
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| (...) Watch out, it gets addictive - before you know it you'll be wandering past building sites thinking "a Lego model of that would be cool, how could I make the bit that does... ". The next stage is when the people you are with see something on a (...) (24 years ago, 27-Nov-00, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Adjustable 4 wheel steering
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| (...) Indeed - but would this not also reduce the effect when in crab mode too, where all axles should be steered equally? I was wondering if it would be possible to get an assymetric effect from the linkage, so that having the control fully one way (...) (24 years ago, 26-Nov-00, to lugnet.technic)
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