[Land-speed] Polar Moment

John Burk joyseydevil at comcast.net
Thu Jan 17 22:44:44 MST 2008


Jack

Not if the scrub radius is zero .

John



> Elon   Caster when turned creats a diagonal weight bias ie right turn 
> loads r.f and l.r. very >bad with a locked rear end!Wheels steer best when 
> all four both touch the ground >equally"lsr." Weight on front wheels 
> steering. weight on rear wheels traction, weight in the >middle a deficit. 
> Note how little steering it takes to change lanes at 60mph! A lot of 
> caster >= steer-correct- steer-correct-steer-spin! A lot of castor would 
> work good rock >climbing!    jack


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