... This is true, of course, but when cornering, if all vehicles lean, they will be leaning the same way. The problem comes when some lean and others do not,...
... You're right. I must have picked this up wrong, unless it is stated differently elsewhere. ... Shallow rake makes balancing and steering more difficult at...
Hi everyone, ... Active Suspension is related to our interests in tilting. For example, some companies may have parts ready-made and available for buying from...
... In another newsgroup I met the guy that took part in cutting the first Life Jet into pieces... The vehicle itself was too slow to be compared to a sports...
Alegzandar Kovatsch
jestertech@...
Feb 2, 2003 4:12 pm
774
How does the steering operate on a tadpole trike, non tilt front wheels, tilting rider and single rear wheel? Countersteer, like a bike, or direct like a car...
... From: Arthur Middleton <artmidd@...> ... Whichever way you build it. You can play with countersteer just by putting the front wheel of your bike on...
Bob Stuart
bobstuart@...
Feb 2, 2003 9:20 pm
776
Hi a few points..... active suspension is potentially very useful on probably any tilter obviously simply to absorb bumps.. but also you can make the tilter...
Automatic countersteer has an inbuilt ability to maintain its set path and will always be actively working to get back to it if displaced from the path by any...
... waste. ... ballast. ... apply ... vehicle ... will ... outside ... also ... with ... the ... the ... between ... more ... Hey, this is similar to the...
Phillip, this email is a good, clear explanation of what you are doing and how you are doing it. I now much better understand what is happening. Thank you, ...
... I don't actually like this idea, even though I posted it, for the reasons above. I haven't seen Eric's picture, but can see where he is coming from. I...
... From: <ericbautista@...> The front and rear suspension would still have their own ... Just so everybody knows, the modern way to do an anti-roll bar...
Bob Stuart
bobstuart@...
Feb 3, 2003 9:52 pm
782
... doing ... Thanks for that Arthur... I can now go fishing for a week or so! Phillip...
... It sounds like an interesting project, but there is a fundamental problem with any pendulum tilter. That is, when cornering, the Cg moves outward,...
... effect ... It's no worse than a car and definitely better than an SUV. But wait... there is something different between a car hitting a curb and a pendulum...
snip ... I think not. The pendulum tilting body is worse than a fixed body. For a tilter to work in increasing stability, it must be leaning so the CoG is ...
... From: <ericbautista@...> I still need to do some ... For the purposes of understanding what the chassis will do, the weight of the cab is equivalent to...
Bob Stuart
bobstuart@...
Feb 4, 2003 10:39 pm
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... and ... is ... subjected ... direction. ... whole ... some ... but ... For a ... CoG is ... because ... tank of ... That is not always true... If you...
... with pendulum tilting the CoG moves outside the curve increasing in that way the difference between the reaction forces under the outer and inner wheels. ...
Alegzandar Kovatsch
jestertech@...
Feb 5, 2003 4:21 pm
790
..."gtech/pro" ...a beautiful tool indeed, but not for high performance motorcycle-like machines, sorry :( any "tilting system" has to have a very similar...
Alegzandar Kovatsch
jestertech@...
Feb 5, 2003 5:00 pm
791
... that way the difference ... increases the possibility of a ... ...please read my previous post on this subject where I compared a fixed body with a CofG at...
... The Tango has a 13" CofG. That gives it a 5 star rating according to NHTSA. They have posted a ratio for most cars of model year 2002 and earlier. If the...
... to NHTSA. ... earlier. If ... Narrow ... high as 21" ... and ... more of a ... 1,000 lbs. ... as much ... difference when ... Mercedes ... trip the ... ...
snip ... I think you are missing something. If I understand correctly, the CoG of the vehicle as a whole will rise as the pendulum rises, so the roll over ...
... CoG of ... over ... more ... Let me clarify some more.... If you are comparing a fixed bodied car with a CofG at 23" and a pendulum tilter with a pivot...
Hi everyone, NHTSA is the United States' " National Highway and Traffic Safety Administration ". In the United States, laws affecting tilting 3-wheelers would...
Hi Group, I just noticed that Riley's website http://www.rqriley.com/tech-ov.htm says something that is not really correct : "General Motors experimented with...
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