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The simple spreadsheet format of this program imposes some limitations.
Some combinations of data will crash the program and, because you can only change one entry at a t
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 sho
(or too long) ever to fit - it will crash.
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 ide
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.
Follow the instructions given on the diagram screen to delete old lines.
Erase any remaining lines by clicking on them individually and pressing Delete.
After a crash, you will need to 'Reset' the Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) program that creates th
Another limitation is the inability automatically to update the diagram when new information is enter
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Half Axle 25 inches
Half Rack 7
Steering Arm -3
Track Rod 20
Rack Back -8
Wheelbase 83
Static toe-in (per wheel) 0 degrees 0
Front tyre slip angle 10 degrees 0.17
Rear tyre slip angle 10 degrees 0.17
Steer arm angle (static) 25.4 degrees
Arm - rod angle (static) 79.9 degrees
Ackermann effect (static) 158 per cent
Positive (pulling on trackrod) Negative (pushing)
Rack Travel alpha cos term beta cos term tan term alpha cos ter beta cos term tan term
0 0.03 0.1750000 -0.44 0.03 -0.44
0.02 0.03 -0.44 0.02 -0.44
0.04 0.04 -0.45 0.01 -0.44
0.06 0.04 -0.45 0.01 -0.44
0.08 0.05 -0.45 0 -0.44
0.1 0.06 -0.45 -0.01 -0.44
0.2 0.09 -0.45 -0.04 -0.44
0.3 0.12 -0.45 -0.07 -0.44
0.4 0.15 -0.45 -0.1 -0.43
0.5 0.18 -0.46 -0.13 -0.43
0.6 0.21 -0.46 -0.16 -0.43
0.7 0.24 -0.46 -0.19 -0.43
0.8 0.27 -0.47 -0.22 -0.430.9 0.31 -0.47 -0.25 -0.42
1 0.34 -0.47 -0.27 -0.42
1.1 0.37 -0.47 -0.3 -0.42
1.2 0.4 -0.48 -0.33 -0.42
1.3 0.43 -0.48 -0.36 -0.41
1.4 0.47 -0.48 -0.39 -0.41
1.5 0.5 -0.48 -0.42 -0.41
1.6 0.53 -0.49 -0.45 -0.41
1.7 0.56 -0.49 -0.48 -0.41
1.8 0.6 -0.49 -0.51 -0.4
1.9 0.63 -0.5 -0.54 -0.4
2 0.66 -0.5 -0.56 -0.4
0 0.5 1 1.5-2.00
0.00
2.00
4.00
6.00
8.00
10.00
12.00
14.00
Rack travel (inches)
St
eerangl e
differenc
e
(degr
ees)
CL
half axle
half rack
steering arm
track rod
rack back
Schematic layout
steer arm angle
arm-rod angle
Draw turncentresondiagram
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ACOS term ATAN term Theta pull Theta pushMean Diff
88.55 -23.96 25.42 88.55 -23.96 25.42 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
88.19 -23.99 25.79 88.90 -23.94 25.04 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.0
87.84 -24.01 26.17 89.25 -23.92 24.67 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.0
87.49 -24.03 26.54 89.60 -23.89 24.30 1.1 1.1 1.1 0.0
87.14 -24.06 26.92 89.95 -23.87 23.92 1.5 1.5 1.5 0.0
86.79 -24.08 27.29 90.29 -23.84 23.55 1.9 1.9 1.9 0.0
85.02 -24.20 29.18 92.04 -23.73 21.69 3.8 3.7 3.7 0.0
83.24 -24.32 31.08 93.78 -23.61 19.84 5.7 5.6 5.6 0.1
81.45 -24.44 32.99 95.51 -23.50 17.99 7.6 7.4 7.5 0.1
79.65 -24.57 34.92 97.24 -23.39 16.14 9.5 9.3 9.4 0.2
77.82 -24.69 36.87 98.98 -23.27 14.29 11.5 11.1 11.3 0.3
75.98 -24.82 38.84 100.72 -23.16 12.45 13.4 13.0 13.2 0.5
74.11 -24.94 40.83 102.46 -23.05 10.60 15.4 14.8 15.1 0.672.22 -25.07 42.85 104.20 -22.94 8.74 17.4 16.7 17.1 0.8
70.30 -25.20 44.90 105.95 -22.83 6.88 19.5 18.5 19.0 0.9
68.35 -25.33 46.98 107.72 -22.73 5.01 21.6 20.4 21.0 1.2
66.36 -25.46 49.10 109.49 -22.62 3.13 23.7 22.3 23.0 1.4
64.34 -25.60 51.26 111.28 -22.51 1.24 25.8 24.2 25.0 1.7
62.27 -25.73 53.46 113.08 -22.41 -0.67 28.0 26.1 27.1 2.0
60.16 -25.87 55.71 114.90 -22.31 -2.60 30.3 28.0 29.2 2.3
57.99 -26.00 58.02 116.74 -22.20 -4.54 32.6 30.0 31.3 2.6
55.75 -26.14 60.39 118.61 -22.10 -6.51 35.0 31.9 33.4 3.0
53.45 -26.28 62.83 120.50 -22.00 -8.50 37.4 33.9 35.7 3.5
51.06 -26.42 65.36 122.43 -21.90 -10.53 39.9 35.9 37.9 4.0
48.59 -26.57 67.98 124.39 -21.80 -12.59 42.6 38.0 40.3 4.6
2 2.5
Column Q
Column AB
0-60.0
-40.0
-20.0
0.0
20.0
40.0
60.0
80.0
Actual wheel
Rack travel (inch
Steerangles
/radius
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25 22.5 Half Axle
7 14 Half Rack
-3 4 Steering Arm
20.5 7 Track Rod
-8 5 Rack Back
83 86 Wheelbase
0 0 Static toe-in (per whee
0 0 Front tyre slip angle
0 0 Rear tyre slip angle
These datasets can be copied and pasted to cel
to illustrate front and rear-mounted racks.
Diff/mean Turn Radius Langensperger beta acos term beta Arm-rod angle Theta right Radius ft
0.0 Infinite 0.00 79.9 56.0 79.9 0.0
-0.1 12710 0.00 -0.4 1059.20
0.2 6355 -0.01 -0.7 529.57
0.3 4236 -0.01 -1.1 353.01
0.4 3177 -0.02 -1.5 264.72
0.5 2541 -0.04 -1.9 211.74
1.0 1268 -0.15 -3.7 105.71
1.4 843 -0.33 -5.6 70.29
1.9 630 -0.59 -7.4 52.53
2.4 502 -0.92 -9.3 41.82
2.9 416 -1.33 -11.1 34.65
3.4 354 -1.81 -13.0 29.50
3.9 307 -2.36 -14.8 25.604.4 271 -2.99 -16.7 22.54
5.0 241 -3.69 -18.5 20.08
5.5 216 -4.47 -20.4 18.03
6.1 196 -5.32 -22.3 16.31
6.6 178 -6.25 -24.2 14.83
7.2 162 -7.24 -26.1 13.54
7.8 149 -8.31 -28.0 12.40
8.4 137 -9.45 -30.0 11.39
9.1 126 -10.66 -31.9 10.47
9.8 116 -11.93 -33.9 9.64
10.5 106 -13.27 -35.9 8.87
11.3 98 -14.67 -38.0 8.16
2
angles
Column N
Column X
Column Q
Column Y
Column AA
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l)
ls B1 to B9,
dius with slrn centre f Langenspemean-slip Radius Forward of front axle
-10.0
1028.44 2176.1 -0.04 -9.6 12341 2093
514.78 1089.2 -0.07 -9.3 6177 1006
343.55 726.9 -0.11 -8.9 4123 644
257.92 545.7 -0.14 -8.5 3095 463
206.53 437.0 -0.16 -8.1 2478 354
103.70 219.4 -0.25 -6.3 1244 136
69.35 146.7 -0.26 -4.4 832 64
52.13 110.3 -0.20 -2.5 626 27
41.75 88.3 -0.06 -0.6 501 5
34.79 73.6 0.15 1.3 417 -9
29.79 63.0 0.45 3.2 357 -20
26.01 55.0 0.82 5.1 312 -2823.05 48.8 1.27 7.1 277 -34
20.65 43.7 1.81 9.0 248 -39
18.67 39.5 2.42 11.0 224 -43
17.00 36.0 3.12 13.0 204 -47
15.56 32.9 3.90 15.0 187 -50
14.31 30.3 4.76 17.1 172 -53
13.21 27.9 5.71 19.2 159 -55
12.22 25.9 6.74 21.3 147 -57
11.34 24.0 7.86 23.4 136 -59
10.53 22.3 9.07 25.7 126 -61
9.79 20.7 10.35 27.9 117 -62
9.10 19.2 11.73 30.3 109 -64
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Half plan view of steering geometry If you want to display the turn centres, checAckermann 158 percent Scale OK
You have to erase the drawings manuallyClick on the arrow near the 'Draw' in lower left corner.
Left click and drag a box to enclose all the lines making up the drawing.
Release to close the box. Press 'Del' to erase the lines.Click on the 'Draw' arrow to cancel it.
A new drawing will be done when you enter new data into the spreadsheet.
This procedure is necessary because Microsoft appears not to include automatic facilities for redrawing in the VBA languag
Blue crosses show turn centre at indicated rack travel and turn radius
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k the box on the 'Data' sheet.
built into Excel.
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