Crab drive steering

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Originally Posted by ajlapp

In our situation, because two wheels are linked, Ackerman angles cannot be achieved....so we're most like Figure 1. Because left and right drive are independent we do slow down the inside wheels with respect to turning angle.

A real monster truck is probably most like Figure 2.

It might be useful to facilitate possible future discussion in other threads if you could assign a unique name to your steering method.

Did you determine the relationship between the steering angle and the skid-steer compensation empirically or by analysis?