September

We took notes about toe-in, toe-out and how we did not want either of them. We than learned about caster and how we wanted to have positive caster, much like a chopper. Positive camber will help the tire remain steady out in front of us and not wobbling behind us like a shopping cart. We also learned about positive and negative camber, and how we do not want either of them. We want to have zero degree camber so the wheels will be straight up and down. We then learned about Ackerman angle. This causes the inside front wheel to turn at a sharper angle than the outside front wheel when cornering. This helps prevent tire scrub. The last piece of the suspension unit that we covered was king pin inclination. We designed our car to have 13 degrees of king pin inclination. This will actually cause our tires to tilt the same direction we turn when cornering to give it more stability.