Obviously I'm no math wiz...
I need to move a decimal place and say about 0.78"
On Jan 3, 2006, at 7:56 PM, Eric (Rick) Wilkins wrote:
> I'm no math wiz, but assuming the steering instantly were to change
> from zero to 1/8" and there would be no scrubbing, I get about 7.8"
>
> Wilko
> San Diego
>
> On Jan 3, 2006, at 6:52 PM, <pennell@cox.net> wrote:
>
>> Listers,
>>
>> On a recent trip alone to NC I had plenty of time to think about
>> stuff. Most of it not too productive - just staring down the
>> highway.
>>
>> For some reason the following came to me. Suppose you take a car in
>> good condition and the front end aligned perfectly. With both front
>> tires pointing straight imagine a line running along the pavement
>> straight ahead from the center of both front tires.
>>
>> Now the steering is changed such that the front of both front tires
>> are 1/8 inch left (or right) of exactly straight. After one
>> revolution of the tire how far to the left (or right) of the
>> centerline is the center of the tire now displaced? For simplicity,
>> assume the tire has a diameter of 24 inches.
>>
>> Keith Pennell
>>
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