Spacing of wheels?

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Posted by Joe Johnson at 1/14/2001 9:21 PM EST


Engineer on team #47, Chief Delphi, from Pontiac Central High School and Delphi Automotive Systems.


In Reply to: Spacing of wheels?
Posted by Eric Reed on 1/14/2001 8:51 PM EST:



To answer your question, I need more information, but
the short answer is yes.

In a Freshman Statics class, you learn more than you
will ever want to know about drawing free body diagrams
which help you noodle out the equations that let you
determine the answer to your question.

To really answer your question a number of things have
to be addressed,

How high is the CG? Are you going uphill or downhill?
Are you pulling something? If so, what type of joint
is the hitch? Knowing that, what is the relationship
between the CG, the hitch point, and the wheels?

There are a lot of complicated issues surrounding this
year's game.

Joe J.