Loving the support for mods. Thought i'd create this thread for suspension related questions. Been having a tinker tonight trying to emulate my grass cars double wishbone suspension.
What does the 'thrust bearing' relate to in the double wishbone settings.
And trying to set the range of travel for the suspension, is the lowest wheel height the relationship between the wheel centre and the origin (or floor pan)? and in a similar vein, is 'max up' measurement in relationship to the same point?
Suppose I should also ask if when doing the points coordinates for upper and lower, these are also in relation to the floorpan?
I can't quite get my head around the spring rates too, is the value we have the wheel rate? From initial playing around, the wheels don't seem to go into bump as much as they should upon dropping the car.
So that covers the front axle. What is the best way to approximate a rear beam 4 link?
Cool tool.
Thanks in advance.
Sam
ps not sure why under my forum nick name I am shown as S2 licensed, i paid for S3 a long time ago
Soon a beautiful Nokia N8 will arrive in the post, but i have a question: If i have 5.1 speakers plugged into my PC and i want to use my Nokia as the "media player" so to speak, how could i do that without unplugging the sound system from the PC?
The nokia has HDMI output of dolby 5.1 surround sound so using it as a media player shouldn't be a problem, it's just a question of going from HDMI to 3x 3.5mm jacks right? Green, Black, Pink. But it'd be best if i didn't have to actually unplug the speakers from the system....
I also have a monitor with HDMI capability if that could be of any use, as well as a HD5850 with Displayport out. (Regarding this, i wonder if audio could go from Nokia HDMI>DISPLAYPORT>INTO GRAPHICS CARD>THROUGH SOUND SYSTEM?)..
Which class did you used to race? Just been in juniors (saloons) for my first season.
Work with my dad in the garage, makes for good weekends! Going to be moving up into Class 4 next season, starting car being a Mini, and dropping in Cooper S based mini engine with fuel injection + ECU (instead of the vabor carbs) - Hoping too make 120hp, and with a space framed mini with 12inches extra track, this sh*t has got to be fun :P! Cannot wait..
The Aprilia RS125 is a 2-stroker, with probably about the same power as a 600cc 4 stroke engine. Difference being, the 2-stroker is bloody expensive, unreliable, and very very dirty. Having said that they give you a thrill to remember when hitting the power band xD
Those autograss buggies can be bought for 4000
You can pretty much buy the chassis / wish bones / etc for one of those buggies for ^^ said price, including the engine.
Basing your buggy on one of those could turn out pretty cheap, and you could pretty much rob the design of the chassis / wish bones / swing arms / etc from one of the buggies. Could simplify things somewhat.
BTW: they are ****ing rapid. And they also do a class 10 version, which is basicly the same thing but having 2 engines. The things fly.
Exactly what i thought. An efficient way to use cadence braking is too apply full pressure until tyres lock, decrease until they are spinning, apply till lock. You don't have to fully release the brake pedal. That's just dim.
Maximum grip of a tyre is when it has not quite lost grip. Not when it's not spinning and just sliding.