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Old 08-14-2003, 04:43 PM
Bob Putnam Bob Putnam is offline
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As far as the ERA ackerman is concerned, I specifically designed in a little less than what would be ideal for low speed turning. The tires scrub a bit when you're parking or going slowly around sharp turns. I did this to decrease the amount of understeer caused by the outside tire running at a higher slip angle than the inside. Real race cars actually may run negative ackerman, but I figured that having the tires squeal that much would be too embarassing - and hard to explain to non-racing onlookers.
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