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How much rake and trail do need to use in a design?
My design is essencially a bicycle front end. The various forces and changing dihedral angles are making this a real challenge. I don't know where to start.
Some of the forces involved are the normal and lateral force exerted by the wheel contact pad, the gyroscopic action of the wheel, and the resistance to torque that results from the wheel contact pad being twisting on the road surface.
My design is essencially a bicycle front end. The various forces and changing dihedral angles are making this a real challenge. I don't know where to start.
Some of the forces involved are the normal and lateral force exerted by the wheel contact pad, the gyroscopic action of the wheel, and the resistance to torque that results from the wheel contact pad being twisting on the road surface.
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