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  1. robinfryer

    Swing arm suspension for trike

    Im designing a reverse trike for a project and i want to use swing arm suspensio for the rear single axle. Do i want to keep the arm as short as possible? If it is longer do i need a thicker/bigger/longer/wider spring? I was thinking of actuating it just like on a modern superbike with the...
  2. robinfryer

    Ground effect interaction problem.

    Hi again, Im designing a super streamlined ground vehicle and wanted to come up with an initial design geometry based on mathematically defined curves. I came accross a method in an SAE technical paper which defined the camberline of a car airfoil shape based on the lift coefficent delta Cz...
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    Does putting an opening on the front of a vehicle nose increase drag?

    Since usually a stagnation point would occur on the front of the vehicle nose, if we make a small hole in the nose (for a radiator for example), the stagnation points would move to the area around the hole. How does this affect the total drag. I know there would be an increase in drag due to...
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    How to publish dimension inside sketch

    Hi, I know how to publish dimensions inside a surface feature (e.g. extrude lim) but how can i publish one inside a sketch? I want to do this so it makes dimensions inside a sketch easily accesible without going through dozens of tree levels to reach it. Thanks Rob

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