Dr G
11-14-2014, 02:54 PM
Hi all,
Maybe this has already been done by others.
But Ron's Suspension Theory threads got me thinking so I went ahead and developed my own calculators for scrub radius as well as the relationships between SAI, caster and camber as the front wheels are turned. A couple of screen shots shown here:
http://gustave.smugmug.com/Trucks/56-F-100/i-pfHSJFx/0/O/Scrub%20Radius.png
http://gustave.smugmug.com/Trucks/56-F-100/i-9rBFRgg/0/O/SAI-Caster-Camber.png
I've tested both programs, especially the latter, at various limits and for cases where the answer is obvious, in order to verify they work. If anyone is interested PM me and I can email the Excel file to you. I know there are very good canned programs that do this, but I wanted to try it for myself so I could really understand how it works.
Dr G
Maybe this has already been done by others.
But Ron's Suspension Theory threads got me thinking so I went ahead and developed my own calculators for scrub radius as well as the relationships between SAI, caster and camber as the front wheels are turned. A couple of screen shots shown here:
http://gustave.smugmug.com/Trucks/56-F-100/i-pfHSJFx/0/O/Scrub%20Radius.png
http://gustave.smugmug.com/Trucks/56-F-100/i-9rBFRgg/0/O/SAI-Caster-Camber.png
I've tested both programs, especially the latter, at various limits and for cases where the answer is obvious, in order to verify they work. If anyone is interested PM me and I can email the Excel file to you. I know there are very good canned programs that do this, but I wanted to try it for myself so I could really understand how it works.
Dr G