[ODE] Faking a wheel joint

[David Whittaker]

You take a hinge joint with a vertical axis, attach it to the chassis and
an extra body, at the same position as the wheel.  Then you attach a
slider from that extra body to the wheel body, set both its stops to 0,
and adjust the StopCFM and StopERP parameters as you would for the hinge2
suspension parameters.

Hope that helps and good luck,
David

> A while back there was a post on faking a wheel joint to avoid the
> "bendy  wheel" problem.  And possibly increase performance.
>
> I'm interested in trying this, but am not sure how to create the wheel
> joint.
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> Basically what I need is the current hinge2 joint, but without the 2nd
> axle.  In other words, I need the ability to steer and I need the
> "suspension".  Then, i'll compute the friction forces myself and apply
> them.
>
> My question is, how would I go about creating this new modified hinge
> joint.  Is it some type of combination of hinge and slider?
>
> -jeff
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