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The simple spreadsheet format of this program imposes some limitations.

Some combinations of data will crash the program and, because you can only change one entry at a time,
it is likely that unstable situations will occur when you try to make radical changes to the layout.
If the geometry is impractical - say the combined lengths of the steering arm and trackrod are too short,
(or too long) ever to fit - it will crash.
After a crash, you will need to 'Reset' the Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) program that creates the diagram.
To do this, Click the Visual Basic Editor icon in the VB toolbar.
If it isn't shown, select View|Toolbars then click Visual Basic if it isn't already 'checked'.
Find the Visual Basic Editor icon by passing the cursor over the icons until the Tool Tip pops up to identify it.
Click on it to show the Editor screen.You will find that the program has stuck on the highlighted line.
Click on Run|Reset, then go back to the usual spreadsheet screen by clicking the 'XL' (Excel) icon,
usually found on the extreme left of the Toolbar, when the Editor is showing.
Another limitation is the inability automatically to update the diagram when new information is entered.
Follow the instructions given on the diagram screen to delete old lines.
Erase any remaining lines by clicking on them individually and pressing Delete.

ange one entry at a time,

trackrod are too short,

gram that creates the diagram.

ol Tip pops up to identify it.

information is entered.

25
7
-3
20
-8
83
0
10
10

inches

degrees
degrees
degrees

Steer arm angle (static)

25.4 degrees

Arm - rod angle (static)


Ackermann effect (static)

79.9 degrees
158 per cent

Schematic layout
half axle
steering arm
rack back

arm-rod angle
track rod
steer arm angle

Rack Travel
0
0.02
0.04
0.06
0.08
0.1
0.2
0.3
0.4
0.5
0.6
0.7
0.8
0.9
1
1.1
1.2
1.3
1.4
1.5
1.6
1.7
1.8
1.9
2

CL

14.0

Draw turn
centres on
diagram

12.0
Steer angle difference (degrees)

Half Axle
Half Rack
Steering Arm
Track Rod
Rack Back
Wheelbase
Static toe-in (per wheel)
Front tyre slip angle
Rear tyre slip angle

0 10.0
0.174532925
0.174532925

8.0
6.0

4.0
2.0

0.0
-2.0

half rack

Positive (pulling on trackrod)


alpha cos term
beta cos term tan term
0.025383654
0.1750000
-0.444444444
0.031501572
-0.444938821
0.037624075
-0.445434298
0.043751173
-0.445930881
0.049882875
-0.446428571
0.05601919
-0.446927374
0.086770316
-0.449438202
0.117638251
-0.451977401
0.148624224
-0.454545455
0.17972948
-0.457142857
0.210955272
-0.459770115
0.242302867
-0.462427746
0.273773545
-0.465116279
0.305368595
-0.467836257
0.33708932
-0.470588235
0.368937035
-0.473372781
0.400913064
-0.476190476
0.433018745
-0.479041916
0.465255426
-0.481927711
0.497624468
-0.484848485
0.530127242
-0.487804878
0.562765128
-0.490797546
0.59553952
-0.49382716
0.628451821
-0.49689441
0.661503443
-0.5

14.0
12.0
Actual difference

10.0

8.0
Difference
needed for raillike tracking

6.0

4.0
2.0

0.0
-2.0

Rack travel (inches)

Negative (pushing)
alpha cos term
beta cos term
0.025383654
0.019270311
0.013161534
0.007057313
0.000957639
-0.005137498
-0.035545462
-0.065841418
-0.096026538
-0.12610198
-0.15606889
-0.185928401
-0.215681636
-0.245329706
-0.274873708
-0.30431473
-0.333653846
-0.362892119
-0.392030602
-0.421070333
-0.450012341
-0.478857644
-0.507607247
-0.536262145
-0.56482332

tan term
ACOS term ATAN term
-0.444444444
88.55
-23.96
-0.443951165
88.19
-23.99
-0.44345898
87.84
-24.01
-0.442967885
87.49
-24.03
-0.442477876
87.14
-24.06
-0.44198895
86.79
-24.08
-0.43956044
85.02
-24.20
-0.43715847
83.24
-24.32
-0.434782609
81.45
-24.44
-0.432432432
79.65
-24.57
-0.430107527
77.82
-24.69
-0.427807487
75.98
-24.82
-0.425531915
74.11
-24.94
-0.423280423
72.22
-25.07
-0.421052632
70.30
-25.20
-0.418848168
68.35
-25.33
-0.416666667
66.36
-25.46
-0.414507772
64.34
-25.60
-0.412371134
62.27
-25.73
-0.41025641
60.16
-25.87
-0.408163265
57.99
-26.00
-0.406091371
55.75
-26.14
-0.404040404
53.45
-26.28
-0.40201005
51.06
-26.42
-0.4
48.59
-26.57

25.42
25.79
26.17
26.54
26.92
27.29
29.18
31.08
32.99
34.92
36.87
38.84
40.83
42.85
44.90
46.98
49.10
51.26
53.46
55.71
58.02
60.39
62.83
65.36
67.98

88.55
88.90
89.25
89.60
89.95
90.29
92.04
93.78
95.51
97.24
98.98
100.72
102.46
104.20
105.95
107.72
109.49
111.28
113.08
114.90
116.74
118.61
120.50
122.43
124.39

-23.96
-23.94
-23.92
-23.89
-23.87
-23.84
-23.73
-23.61
-23.50
-23.39
-23.27
-23.16
-23.05
-22.94
-22.83
-22.73
-22.62
-22.51
-22.41
-22.31
-22.20
-22.10
-22.00
-21.90
-21.80

25
7
-3
20.5
-8
83
0
0
0

Actual wheel angles


80.0

60.0

Steer angles / radius

40.0
Left wheel angle

Right wheel angle

20.0

These datasets can be copied


to illustrate front and rear-mou

Difference
Turn radius (feet)

0.0
0

Forward movement of turn


centre (inch)

-20.0

-40.0
-60.0
Rack travel (inch)

25.42
25.04
24.67
24.30
23.92
23.55
21.69
19.84
17.99
16.14
14.29
12.45
10.60
8.74
6.88
5.01
3.13
1.24
-0.67
-2.60
-4.54
-6.51
-8.50
-10.53
-12.59

Theta pull Theta push Mean


0.0
0.0
0.0
0.4
0.4
0.4
0.7
0.7
0.7
1.1
1.1
1.1
1.5
1.5
1.5
1.9
1.9
1.9
3.8
3.7
3.7
5.7
5.6
5.6
7.6
7.4
7.5
9.5
9.3
9.4
11.5
11.1 11.3
13.4
13.0 13.2
15.4
14.8 15.1
17.4
16.7 17.1
19.5
18.5 19.0
21.6
20.4 21.0
23.7
22.3 23.0
25.8
24.2 25.0
28.0
26.1 27.1
30.3
28.0 29.2
32.6
30.0 31.3
35.0
31.9 33.4
37.4
33.9 35.7
39.9
35.9 37.9
42.6
38.0 40.3

Diff Diff/mean Turn Radius Langensperger beta acos term


0.0
0.0 Infinite
0.00
79.9
0.0
-0.1
12710
0.00
0.0
0.2
6355
-0.01
0.0
0.3
4236
-0.01
0.0
0.4
3177
-0.02
0.0
0.5
2541
-0.04
0.0
1.0
1268
-0.15
0.1
1.4
843
-0.33
0.1
1.9
630
-0.59
0.2
2.4
502
-0.92
0.3
2.9
416
-1.33
0.5
3.4
354
-1.81
0.6
3.9
307
-2.36
0.8
4.4
271
-2.99
0.9
5.0
241
-3.69
1.2
5.5
216
-4.47
1.4
6.1
196
-5.32
1.7
6.6
178
-6.25
2.0
7.2
162
-7.24
2.3
7.8
149
-8.31
2.6
8.4
137
-9.45
3.0
9.1
126
-10.66
3.5
9.8
116
-11.93
4.0
10.5
106
-13.27
4.6
11.3
98
-14.67

22.5
14
4
7
5
86
0
0
0

Half Axle
Half Rack
Steering Arm
Track Rod
Rack Back
Wheelbase
Static toe-in (per wheel)
Front tyre slip angle
Rear tyre slip angle

These datasets can be copied and pasted to cells B1 to B9,


to illustrate front and rear-mounted racks.

beta
Arm-rod angle Theta right Radius ftRadius withTurn
slip centre fwd
Langensperger
mean-slip
slip
Radius
56.0
79.9
0.0
-10.0
-0.4 1059.20 1028.44
2176.1
-0.04
-9.6
12341
-0.7 529.57
514.78
1089.2
-0.07
-9.3
6177
-1.1 353.01
343.55
726.9
-0.11
-8.9
4123
-1.5 264.72
257.92
545.7
-0.14
-8.5
3095
-1.9 211.74
206.53
437.0
-0.16
-8.1
2478
-3.7 105.71
103.70
219.4
-0.25
-6.3
1244
-5.6
70.29
69.35
146.7
-0.26
-4.4
832
-7.4
52.53
52.13
110.3
-0.20
-2.5
626
-9.3
41.82
41.75
88.3
-0.06
-0.6
501
-11.1
34.65
34.79
73.6
0.15
1.3
417
-13.0
29.50
29.79
63.0
0.45
3.2
357
-14.8
25.60
26.01
55.0
0.82
5.1
312
-16.7
22.54
23.05
48.8
1.27
7.1
277
-18.5
20.08
20.65
43.7
1.81
9.0
248
-20.4
18.03
18.67
39.5
2.42
11.0
224
-22.3
16.31
17.00
36.0
3.12
13.0
204
-24.2
14.83
15.56
32.9
3.90
15.0
187
-26.1
13.54
14.31
30.3
4.76
17.1
172
-28.0
12.40
13.21
27.9
5.71
19.2
159
-30.0
11.39
12.22
25.9
6.74
21.3
147
-31.9
10.47
11.34
24.0
7.86
23.4
136
-33.9
9.64
10.53
22.3
9.07
25.7
126
-35.9
8.87
9.79
20.7
10.35
27.9
117
-38.0
8.16
9.10
19.2
11.73
30.3
109

Forward of front axle


2093
1006
644
463
354
136
64
27
5
-9
-20
-28
-34
-39
-43
-47
-50
-53
-55
-57
-59
-61
-62
-64

Half plan view of steering geometry


Ackermann

158 percent

If you want to display the turn centres, check the box on the 'Data' sheet.

Scale OK

You have to erase the drawings manually


Click on the arrow near the 'Draw' in lower left corner.
Left click and drag a box to enclose all the lines making up the drawing.
Release to close the box. Press 'Del' to erase the lines.
Click on the 'Draw' arrow to cancel it.
A new drawing will be done when you enter new data into the spreadsheet.
This procedure is necessary because Microsoft appears not to include automatic facilities for redrawing in the VBA language built into Excel.

Blue crosses show turn centre at indicated rack travel and turn radius

he turn centres, check the box on the 'Data' sheet.

awing in the VBA language built into Excel.

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