calculate castor force?
calculate castor force?
(OP)
Is there a way to calculate or predict the self-centering effect of castor? My vehicle in question is a bus, castor is set at 2.7 degrees, wheel/tire weighs roughly 250 lbs and tire OD is 42". I am wondering what the scale of self-centering force is, and how one would describe it?
thanks, Brian
thanks, Brian





RE: calculate castor force?
Basically figure out all the forces at the contact patch, and where they are applied, and then resolve those forces into a torque around the steering axis.
Cheers
Greg Locock
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