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Nice job. Did you host with photobucket? You can go to edit and reduce the size.
The car looks great. However, the Front Dominant Wheel (FDW) should be canted with the top away from the car, it'll be faster with the correct steer.
The car looks great. However, the Front Dominant Wheel (FDW) should be canted with the top away from the car, it'll be faster with the correct steer.
Wow, wasn't trying to post the worlds largest picture.
I have "Drop Box" and am just learning how to use it.
first time trying the guide pin idea.
at first I thought the DFW should have a positive cant, but that makes the wheel run up to the body.
do you use a negative cant on the front to keep the wheel at the axle head when the wheel is not riding the rail?
tia
-Kurt
I have "Drop Box" and am just learning how to use it.
first time trying the guide pin idea.
at first I thought the DFW should have a positive cant, but that makes the wheel run up to the body.
do you use a negative cant on the front to keep the wheel at the axle head when the wheel is not riding the rail?
tia
-Kurt
Posi cant is what you want in the frt. yes the wheel will migrate towards the body. Posi cant is much faster in the FDW than neg cant. It has to do with the way the wheel rides on the rail.
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The pin is not supposed to touch the rail, it's there in case you get a wiggle to keep the car on the track. The wheel scrubs the rail.
just to be clear, Cant, means if the wheel is parallel to the body horizontally, the top of the wheel is away from the body, and the bottom inwards, towards t he body.
Toe-in is when the wheel points in an inward directon. i.e. guiding the car towards the rail, and of course the back of the wheel would be outward, away from the body.
When you have a bent axle on the dominant wheel, turning it will change both the cant and the toe-in. So you turn it until you have the proper amount of veer at the same time that the wheel has inward cant.
When you put a bent axle and wheel on your car, and start turning it, you will see both the cant and toe-in go from one extreme to the other.
All the other wheels should have no toe-in or toe-out at all, i.e. perfectly parallel to the body, but the rear wheel bottoms should cant outwards away from the body.
If you have a pin, the non-dominant wheel doesn't exist. If you have a fourth wheel, it should be raised enough so it does not touch the track at all. However, if the rules call for all four wheels touching, you lower the non-dominant wheel just enough so it touches, but with no weight on it, and it should be parallel to the track.
Toe-in is when the wheel points in an inward directon. i.e. guiding the car towards the rail, and of course the back of the wheel would be outward, away from the body.
When you have a bent axle on the dominant wheel, turning it will change both the cant and the toe-in. So you turn it until you have the proper amount of veer at the same time that the wheel has inward cant.
When you put a bent axle and wheel on your car, and start turning it, you will see both the cant and toe-in go from one extreme to the other.
All the other wheels should have no toe-in or toe-out at all, i.e. perfectly parallel to the body, but the rear wheel bottoms should cant outwards away from the body.
If you have a pin, the non-dominant wheel doesn't exist. If you have a fourth wheel, it should be raised enough so it does not touch the track at all. However, if the rules call for all four wheels touching, you lower the non-dominant wheel just enough so it touches, but with no weight on it, and it should be parallel to the track.
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