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CodySimonson
PostPosted: March 1, 2023, 9:54 pm 
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Just curious what everyone has as their maximum steering angle at lock. I'm trying to figure out if I should make my own steering arms for more steering angle or leave the wilwood ones on my spindles.

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Shoot for a 30 foot turning circle for the outside wheel. Adjust the ackermann to reduce scrub of the inside wheel which will reduce it with any turn.

Longer arms and moving the tie rod attachment inboard should be avoided.

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'Outside' wheel is right at 30 degrees, with high Ackerman showing up on the 'inside' wheel.


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Turning radius is also dependent upon wheelbase, though I assume most Locosts are fairly similar in that respect.

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That looks surprisingly close to the 30* outboard and 45* inboard generalization I've previously come across.

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