[ODE] Car stability with lowered centre of mass leads to problemswhen rolling

[Jon Watte]

That looks extraordinarily stable! The flatness makes the center 
of gravity really low, and the fact that it's 2x as wide as it is 
long would make it next to impossible to flip it. I'd believe you 
if you said this is an excellent autonomous platform in reality, 
as well!

Cheers,

			/ h+


-----Original Message-----
From: ode-bounces at q12.org [mailto:ode-bounces at q12.org]On Behalf Of
Shamyl Zakariya
Sent: Friday, October 01, 2004 1:08 PM
To: James Bamford
Cc: ODE mailing list
Subject: Re: [ODE] Car stability with lowered centre of mass leads to
problemswhen rolling


How complex a suspension are you willing to use?

I made a suspension which, while nowhere near complicated ( no 
double-wishbones, for example ) did the job nicely. Also, I modeled the 
behavior of a differential to keep wheel spin in line.

It's easier to describe with a screenshot:

http://home.earthlink.net/~zakariya/files/TruckPlatform.png