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...
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.
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...
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...