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Old 03-23-2009, 10:21 PM   #37 (permalink)
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Very little lateral movement is required to steer at any speed when high caster angles turn toe-movement into camber... the problem with that, is that camber-based steering requires suspension correction to not kill tires... i.e. when you steer, the vehicles suspension needs to counteract centripetal force, so the body of the vehicle either remains mostly straight, or leans into the turn.. see "T-Rex 3-wheeled vehicle"

It steers from the front wheels, the suspension is set at a high camber angle, and allows the rear wheel to be a pivot point, which makes the chassis lean into corners. This makes it so that while the tires are losing contact patch due to over-cambered turning (leaning up on their sidewalls), the vehicle's suspension correction helps the vehicle "dig in" to the corner, so that it helps to correct the contact patch of the tire.
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