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Re: Iveco Eurostar with extensible trailer
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lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics
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Tue, 10 Sep 2002 12:36:35 GMT
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"Francesca Galbier" <francesca.galbier@tiscalinet.it> wrote in message
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> In reply to your question, the angle of the trailer wheels is simply
> determined by angle of steering wheel on the tractor by 2 rotation sensors
> differently positioned. I don't know if this happen in the real truck
also,
I'm not entirely sure either! I think from a geometrical viewpoint it makes
more sense to derive the angle of the trailer wheels from the angle of the
trailer relative to the tractor, assuming you want the trailer to follow a
similar path as the tractor, but I may be wrong. I've come across trailers
where the wheels are steered with hydraulics which seems conceptually
similar to the approach you took, and also ones where the trailer wheels can
be steered independently from the tractor to help get long trailers round
sharp corners on narrow roads.
Certainly I think that pure mechanical transmission of these angles to the
trailer wheels is very rare.
Any comments on this from heavy haulage enthusiasts here?
Jennifer
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| (...) As a heavy equipment technician here in the US, I can tell you that all of the really oversize (way over 80,000 pounds and more than 5 axles or 12,000-20,000 pounds per tire or pair of tires) vehicles here in the US use some type of remotely (...) (22 years ago, 10-Sep-02, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics)
| | | Re: Iveco Eurostar with extensible trailer
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| Its very very simple how the steering works. If you ever have taken a good look on the fifth wheel on a truck, (europian ones not sure about US trucks) there are a little cutout piece in the rear, and behind the king pin (the pin on the trailer (...) (22 years ago, 11-Sep-02, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics)
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