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  1. MiquelSants

    Question regarding Roll Centers of a Double A-Arm suspensions

    Many thanks to all of you for the enlightening replies. Greg, I agree that, ultimately, force application is what determines both the contact patch motion/shape and RCH. The only thing is, determination of lateral and longitudinal forces is obviously not simple: aside from the suspension and...
  2. MiquelSants

    Question regarding Roll Centers of a Double A-Arm suspensions

    Thank you JackAction. Good heads-up there.
  3. MiquelSants

    Question regarding Roll Centers of a Double A-Arm suspensions

    Ah, bingo, Brian! That clears it up for me. As for non-parallel (to centerline) pivot axis, in such a case the best I can get is a good, honest estimate (ballpark figures, that is)...or increment the complexity of the calculations. Thanks, Brian.
  4. MiquelSants

    Question regarding Roll Centers of a Double A-Arm suspensions

    Hello, Bob. I checked the link. Carbible for some reason prohibits viewing of the image directly. One has to go directly to the page itself: http://www.carbibles.com/suspension_bible.html The image is just below "Coil Spring type 1". I tried vSusp a while back, didn't quite fit my own needs...
  5. MiquelSants

    Question regarding Roll Centers of a Double A-Arm suspensions

    Greetings. As per the title, the question is as follows: If I'm facing the car up front, the procedure to determine the IC's and finally the RC seems simple: - extend lines from upper control arm and lower control arms, check their intersection point - repeat the step above for the others side...
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