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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.
information is entered.
25
7
-3
20
-8
83
0
10
10
inches
degrees
degrees
degrees
25.4 degrees
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
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
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
60.0
40.0
Left wheel angle
20.0
Difference
Turn radius (feet)
0.0
0
-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
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
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
158 percent
If you want to display the turn centres, check the box on the 'Data' sheet.
Scale OK
Blue crosses show turn centre at indicated rack travel and turn radius