One of the go-karts i used to own had a very wimpy front suspension. The spindles were not mounted on an axle just welded to the side of the frame. But they manufacturer attempted to make a suspension. I think if i redid it but with bigger springs and spindle bracket it could work very well and could be an alternative to locking an axle. Would this be legal for supermod is what I'm trying to get at. Feel free to move this to ATLMA miscellaneous after you look over it. Just wanted to pass it through the rules first.
If you go with "allowed" suspension in supermod...doing that would definetly take you out of Modified and into the higher class... If other guys were using independant A arm ssupensions (and I'm sure they will) then you would be grossly under engineered...
From an engineering standpoint... that will allow for "some" (limited) travel of spindle...But the perpendicular force to the king pin "slider" will produce a LOT of drag and sticky jerky recovery...
Not really a good design to put a lot of effort into for an off road use... Mediocre at best for sidewalk and driveway...
Hmmm what if that center bolt was angled in? That would allow it to slide easier.
Now you just introduced bump steer...as it slides up it goes in making tie rod longer and turning wheel ..."steering on every bump"/ bump steer...
Trust me this is not a good design...
Ok then you might as well lock this thread as im done with it.
It would be a good design for something light and small, but for the abuse they would be subjected to - I don't think it would do well at all. As Squidd said, if your getting into the supermod class with suspension, you want to drastically over-engineer the suspension so you have something real good.
And can you imagine hitting a bump at speed with that? With no shocks you would be bouncing all over the place!
