Ford is interested in 4 wheel steering
Ford recently filed for a patent on for 4 wheel steering and really surprised me is that the patent implies that it will for the Super D Duty series. Ford patent I don't know what makes this pat...
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From the control & design side, it is NOT the upside of things but the Mr Murphy side of things that is the driver of decisions...along with the fine print/labels/read-me-first/etc that then CYA's the team and company
On the highway speeds...having the rear axle computer have a brain fart can kill the vehicle's occupants and neighboring vehicle occupants. Shall it go 'con' or 'pro' or even be on...then how much angular steering at those speeds where at slow speeds the higher angles would be fine
Slow speed, like the parallel parking option that many have now, it is okay as the potential to do harm is way less
As for older rear steering axles, they didn't have the level of computer power and sensors we do today. Even at that, there is a question whether there is enough (think autonomous and how it is doing today)
On the highway speeds...having the rear axle computer have a brain fart can kill the vehicle's occupants and neighboring vehicle occupants. Shall it go 'con' or 'pro' or even be on...then how much angular steering at those speeds where at slow speeds the higher angles would be fine
Slow speed, like the parallel parking option that many have now, it is okay as the potential to do harm is way less
As for older rear steering axles, they didn't have the level of computer power and sensors we do today. Even at that, there is a question whether there is enough (think autonomous and how it is doing today)
