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Old 05-29-2013, 05:15 PM   #380 (permalink)
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Yes, the skirts won't open right away, but the angle they can move before the skirts move will be ~3-4 degrees on the front skirt on the inside wheel, and ~6-7 degrees on the rear skirt on the outside tire. Once the skirt starts to move it will need to be 1:1 with the wheel motion.

The front skirts are a lot closer to the tire (due to the taper on the side of the fender and skirt) and because the inside tire on any turn always angles much sharper; due to the Ackermann geometry.

I'm going to have to wait until after the front suspension is installed before finalizing the front skirts. The support strut and the skirt hinges will have to clear the wheel, obviously. When I modeled these (way back when?), I took a stab at things, but it was only a WAG.
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