Michelin's OPT suspension for Formula 1
Michelin's OPT suspension for Formula 1
(OP)
http://www.geocities.com/greglocock/
Click on Gallery, then there's a link at the top of the page.
Any ideas what the fundamental idea is behind this? It seems like a rather complex way of providing a way of mixing and matching a swing arm and an SLA
Click on Gallery, then there's a link at the top of the page.
Any ideas what the fundamental idea is behind this? It seems like a rather complex way of providing a way of mixing and matching a swing arm and an SLA
Cheers
Greg Locock





RE: Michelin's OPT suspension for Formula 1
http://locost7.info/mirror/dax.php
Cheers
Greg Locock
RE: Michelin's OPT suspension for Formula 1
RE: Michelin's OPT suspension for Formula 1
Anyway, apparently Renault F1 are not using the OPT system, that was just a rumour.
I modelled the DAX system last night. In a camber vs jounce and roll sense it perfectly mimics a beam axle. Not a bad thing in its own right, but a very complex way of duplicating the performance of a simple system.
Cheers
Greg Locock
RE: Michelin's OPT suspension for Formula 1
RE: Michelin's OPT suspension for Formula 1
The DAX system has the advantage that you can dial in negative camber at design, and I suspect with some tomfoolery with the geometry that you could get a neat curve so that both wheels are always at a slight outward lean with respect to the road in roll.
Of course, the way we generate negative camber on a live axle is to heat the axle tube with a welding torch. !
Cheers
Greg Locock
RE: Michelin's OPT suspension for Formula 1
I'm not sure, but I believe the DAX system may have an advantage at the front as a way to eliminate steering geometry problems that may occur with a solid axle in the same location. There may also be some packaging benefits or chassis structural benefits too. What do you think?
Sean
RE: Michelin's OPT suspension for Formula 1
If this aspect is ignored, and simulation of the system is flawed. It is this aspect of OPT that makes it much more useful than the Dax system.
Oh, and BTW they have run it on the Renault in testing (at the rear).
Ben
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Andy
RE: Michelin's OPT suspension for Formula 1
Unfortunately my dog ate that one page last weekend.... I hope to get another good look at it so that I can look into developing something like that for my school's fsae program.
Anyone have a copy of the article they can scan? I don't know how legit it is to do that, so....
RE: Michelin's OPT suspension for Formula 1
Andy