Ackerman angle?

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From an early age it seems I have always been interested in Trikes, I just didn't know it then. Back in 1975 my dad worked at a power station and each power station up and down the country would get together every 2 years to compete in building a vehicle from scratch that would complete a circuit at Donnington on a standard 12V car battery. The first attempt was what I like to think as a traditional trike, 2 wheels at the rear and one at the front. This was not a nice looking thing but it did work but didn't win. The next vesrion was much better and was a reverse trike, when setting this trike up, my dads friend said that getting the Ackerman angle was key to all the handling problems.

I wondered if this still applied on the MEV Tr1KE?

Do I need to worry about this?

Cheers

Nick

[vtR1k]

I didn't know the principle, but I learned through wikipedia. the tR1ke doesn't have this system, but I can tell you, from my experience with racing cars, that racing cars (touring cars) do certainly not have this system. Those are all equipped with fixed steering racks, like the tR1ke.
Because camber, height and alignment are adjustable, I think there will be no problem. I also think this system will be needed for very tight turns only.

But now we have a topic about setting up the tR1ke, is there anyone out there who knows the numbers? I think I will start with 0 degrees for camber (because of minor roll in the body) and 0 degrees for alignment (because there will be no "bump steer" because of the double wishbone-system).

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I intend to do my very best to set it up with help from my brother and my dads friend, but I know I will be paying RTR experts to do the final secure safety checks for me, piece of mind means I wont end up in a tree :-)

I am so excited now, finally getting my order placed, finally I get to build what I always wanted to build

[kitcarcollection]

playing with some toe-in and toe-out might adjust the drivability according to the use of the trike on high speed or curves. Usually some toe in will give better stability on high speed and toe-out better steering into curves.
Same with the camber.
I dont know if the ackerman principle is that important on a reverse trike as on a 4wheel car.

All will also depend on these things above together as well as the shocks and tyres used and wheel diameter. eg Most lotus7's drive best on track on 13 or 14inch wheels.
a 3 wheeler will never handle as good as a 4 wheeler but the tr1ke is known to be very predictable and steady.

The MEV front uprights have a good basic geomotry like the cortina ones had as used on the older westfields etc..

I would be curious on experiences with different settings as above used on the Tr1ke as wel as on the Rocket and Atomic..