Thread: portal axles

Originally Posted by wagoo

Thanks Slug Burner.I now have a clearer understanding of what Centre Of Gravity actually means.
But as I stated earlier, for the purpose of this excercise we are getting hung up on terminology, and in relating trackwidth to Centre of gravity, probably should use a term such as 'centre of balance' or 'centre of stability'.
Wagoo.

Bill
I think the term that you are looking for is Centre of Mass,and changing the centre of mass can be offset by changing the vehicle track width.
Have a look at this page Weight transfer - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia .I bring your attention to the section marked Cause: and the last paragraph in that section.
There is much interesting reading to be found by also looking here Vehicle dynamics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

And yes I agree with your assumptions Bill,but explanations come back to terminology

Wayne

Originally Posted by LowRanger

Bill
I think the term that you are looking for is Centre of Mass,and changing the centre of mass can be offset by changing the vehicle track width.
Have a look at this page Weight transfer - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia .I bring your attention to the section marked Cause: and the last paragraph in that section.
There is much interesting reading to be found by also looking here Vehicle dynamics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

And yes I agree with your assumptions Bill,but explanations come back to terminology

Wayne

Thanks for the links Wayne.
I also found an interesting article this arvo on the Jeepaholics Anonymus website, Center of Gravity and Roll-Over Angle - Jeepaholics Anonymous Titled 'Determining centre of gravity and roll over angles of your vehicle' that explains a few things fairly clearly in laymans terms.
Wagoo.

Originally Posted by wagoo

Thanks Slug Burner.I now have a clearer understanding of what Centre Of Gravity actually means.
But as I stated earlier, for the purpose of this excercise we are getting hung up on terminology, and in relating trackwidth to Centre of gravity, probably should use a term such as 'centre of balance' or 'centre of stability'.
Wagoo.

Yes I agree that we can get hung up on what appears to be technicalities of the terminology. However in a highly textually based discussion forum, words mean everything i.e., they carry all the meaning. We don't have facial or hand gestures to elaborate the points we are trying to get across and what I think I am writing may not always get the point across. I find pictures either photos or simple graphics can convey much meaning. There is a great advantage to actually have the stuff in front of the people involved in the discussion as there is nothing like seeing and touching I find. Earlier in the "130 on portals thread" when discussion went to anti dive and scrub angles etc. The terminology was something I had limited prior exposure to and I certainly was not confident of the exact meaning but google helped with finding a few diagrams or definitions which would probably would have been more difficult to do if it wasn't for the use of commonly accepted terminology.

Anyway this is getting away from the original intent of this thread. I'll sit back and try and absorb the ideas that you more experienced people discuss and pipe in with question or three when it is all getting a bit beyond me.

Thanks for making this place an enjoyable and interesting place.