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Old 10-14-2017, 10:34 AM
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Long Travel Suspension - Part 2: Theory

I'm moving forward with the 18" A-Arms. Across a range of 45°, we're looking at 13.3" of vertical travel at the tire. This assumes that the shock travel is 2.85". I believe it's actually over 3", but I haven't confirmed that yet. These dimensions are still all tentative.

I'm not using ball joints or heim joints on this build. More on that later.

Let's draw it up!

Angles and travel drawing



Front View Drawing



Top-down Drawing



Animating it - Full range

1. Fully compressed ...-7.5° with 6.88" ground clearance

2. Normal resting angle ...15.0° with 13" ground clearance

3. Fully extended ...37.5° with 20.2" ground clearance


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