Pete,
This was the first thing I drew when we were talking about the trailing arm on my team and the discussion moved to the white board. This is a definition that I have been trying to conceptualize. In the rear view plane of the car, there is a contact patch center point, and a point...
The best way to describe the trailing arm style would be like 2 single sided motorcycle swing arms, trailing straight along the longintudinal axis of the car. the axis about which both trailing arms pivot would be completly along the lateral axis of the car. Since the trailing arm would have no...
I am designing the suspension for an SAE baja car and it is the first year our team is designing a trailing arm rear suspension. I was wondering were exactly the roll center of a trailing arm rear suspension would be. on the ground? Or does it even have one?
I am the project manager of a Baja SAE Team. On one of our cars we have decided that we would need heavier springs to accomodate weight added to our car. Approximately 120 pounds added at the CG. We would like to select springs that will give us the same handling dynamics as the previous setup...
