Congrats on the kart purchase! Keep us posted. As for the geometry question, I
don't have a clue. I can ask the math teacher next door, but hopefully be then
you'll have the answer.
Jim
Richard S Beckett wrote:
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>
> Guys,
>
> Well, after having bought my Kart, I must admit to having spent no time at
> all playing racing sims. Terrible I know, but I believe that all the years
> that I put in were responsible for me being quick enough to pass my ARKS
> test in my first session.
>
> So, this weekend I have my first race, and I'm really excited. I'll post a
> report if anyone's interested enough.
>
> Now...It's a long time since I last did trig, so would someone check out my
> maffs on this, please?
>
> I need to set the font wheel tracking on said kart, but being rather skint,
> and not tooo stupid, I made myself two 300mm long straight edges, which
> attach centrally to the front wheels, rather than spend �250 on a laser
> tracking device.
>
> So, to measure the tracking, I place the 300mm straight edges on the inside
> edge of each wheel, centrally located, and measure between them, behind, and
> in front of the wheels.
>
> Obviously, if the measurements are the same, I have parallel tracking.
> However if I want to set some toe out (for the wet), then here's how I
> calculated the angle:
>
> Measure front and rear. Rear will be shorter for toe out, so toe out length
> = front - rear = X mm.
>
> So, Toe out angle = Asin (X/300)
>
> Am I right?
>
> Thanks.
>
> R.
