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Re: golf cart steering

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Originally Posted by EricH View Post
Take away the "might" in that. Is it doable? Yes, but not easily. (Golf carts use steering like cars; modding that would need a second motor and locking the front wheels at minimum, let alone control setup.)
You could still use rack-and-pinion steering with such a scheme; the input would just be tank drive. You would have to come up with a mechanical way to convert between the two representations, though, unless you consider drive-by-wire solutions.
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