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decent (and free! ) suspension software?
NS Dev - 13/10/10 at 02:50 PM

Anybody using anything quick and easy for calculating pickup points?

I have been faffing about with susprog all day before losing my rag totally with it!!!

I cannot fix the wishbone dimensions in it and then move the pickups to suit, it keeps buggering about with my wishbones, as there doesn't seem to be any way to force it to treat the two "halves" of the wishbones as fixed together

Could be my stupidity!

I want to crack on with building and I cannot optimise the upper wishbone pickup points (not locost chassis and not locost wishbones!! )

balidey - 13/10/10 at 03:24 PM

Allan Staniforth patented String Computer?

NS Dev - 13/10/10 at 03:38 PM

its on the marginally (but not by much) autocad "sticks and balls" diagram computer as we speak!!

CNHSS1 - 13/10/10 at 03:59 PM

off topic, but sent you guys an email yesterday to check re if you sell a chevette steering UJ to replace the std rubber donut jobbie? any joy?

CNH

MikeCapon - 13/10/10 at 04:03 PM

Hi. Is this any good to you?

HTH

Mike

MikeCapon - 13/10/10 at 04:07 PM

If the above is not what you need I have an Excel jobbie that should do what you want. As we can't upload stuff at the mo send me your mail and I'll let you have a copy.

Cheers,

Mike

NS Dev - 13/10/10 at 04:07 PM

quote:
Originally posted by CNHSS1
off topic, but sent you guys an email yesterday to check re if you sell a chevette steering UJ to replace the std rubber donut jobbie? any joy?

CNH


Hi yeah I think my brother has replied...

we don't have an off the shelf solution, but I have enquired elsewhere and will get back asap.

CNHSS1 - 13/10/10 at 04:19 PM

not seen a reply, will PM you my email address again though.
Thanks for checking

v8kid - 13/10/10 at 04:25 PM

http://locost7.info/mirror/suspension.php

See 3/4 way down SLARK

Excel based you can get rc constant dist from c of g if thats your bag

NS Dev - 13/10/10 at 04:39 PM

quote:
Originally posted by MikeCapon
Hi. Is this any good to you?

HTH

Mike


hey I like that!! Ideal, between that and tortoise-string (as autocad is now known in this office! ) I am now sorted!!

cheers

Nat

NS Dev - 13/10/10 at 04:40 PM

quote:
Originally posted by MikeCapon
Hi. Is this any good to you?

HTH

Mike


hey I like that!! Ideal, between that and tortoise-string (as autocad is now known in this office! ) I am now sorted!!

cheers

Nat

NS Dev - 13/10/10 at 05:24 PM

quote:
Originally posted by v8kid
http://locost7.info/mirror/suspension.php

See 3/4 way down SLARK

Excel based you can get rc constant dist from c of g if thats your bag


Right, had a play with that, only one big question, what is the "Z" figure for "centre of wheel"??

I took it that all the Z dimensions are heights, in which case why doesn't it just use the rolling radius, and why is the example number 550 for a 300mm radius wheel??

NS Dev - 13/10/10 at 05:39 PM

.......presumably its just that the example isn't sat on the datum line (just refer everything to the "ground"??