Re: Caster

[bearbvd@domain.elided (Greg Hermann)]

>>Off to either side, and the steering gets heavier. The Germans have done a
>>lot of work (recently) with putting the axis intersection somewhat to the
>>OUTSIDE  of the center of the contact patch--rather than the much more
>>common location to the inside of it--claiming that this approach increases
>>vehicle stability in the event, say, of a front tire blow-out or hitting a
>>bad bump.
>
>Are you talking about negative steering roll radius? Recently? My '75 'bunny
>had it.  A front tire blowout is amazingly uneventful.
>
>VW's "Plus" suspension is cranked out so far that it requires power steering
>even in a Golf-sized vehicle.  That would be "recent" - although almost 10
>years now.

Hey--recent is just a matter of perspective!

Yep, thaz what I wuz talkin' about.

Greg