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Ron_Gratz
May 16, 2005Explorer
tluxon wrote:
...My SolidWorks model shows me that everything you say here is 100% correct except for the statement, "APP never lies forward of VPPmax".
Tim,
I'm sorry if my terminology was confusing. By "VPPmax", I mean the maximum forward position of the Virtual Pivot Point. The VPP varies with TV/TT articulation angle and the VPPmax is the value of VPP when the angle is zero. In your revised example, VPPmax is at 47.1" forward of the center of the rear link.
APP can lie forward of VPP; but I think it is correct to say that APP never lies forward of VPPmax.
Ron
P.S. That's another very informative plot. Please keep them coming.
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