As I understand the geometry, that's what a camber compensator does (it acts
like a pair of travel limiting cables). A certain amount of axle drop is
tolerated through its flexing, but beyond that, whether as a result of
cornering or of 'getting air' in a straight line, the CC resists further
downward movement.
A swaybar, by comparison, only resists one side moving up or down by itself
- it would resist axle drop of the inside wheel during cornering, but it
would not resist axle drop on both sides at once when the car becomes
airborne.
One question for Joe: Is a camber compensator under tension when the car is
at rest or is it unloaded at rest? And if it's in tension, is it pushing in
the same direction as the leaf spring, or in opposition to it? The reason I
ask is that a properly located swaybar is not preloaded except in particular
racing situations.
Mike
Renton, WA
------Original Message------
From: Douglas Frank <frank@zk3.dec.com>
To: spitfires <spitfires@autox.team.net>
Sent: June 12, 2000 7:16:23 PM GMT
Subject: Re: Swing spring / camber compensator
Joe Curry wrote:
>
> If you were to completely secure each sides, you would have no wheel tuck
at all. (You would have the same thing as a non independent
> suspension). So whatever you do to restrict movement in the sides will
indeed HELP prevent wheel tuck.
Well now, from someone working in the stupid idea dept.,
how about a short length of cable to just limit droop?
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603-884-0501 Nashua, NH USA 03062 more or less composed.
PS I absolutely deny posting this. You're hallucinating again.
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