f1suspension

[wowf1]

The Guest is correct! As people have explained, if the car goes round a left hand corner, the outside wheel goes into bump and the inside goes into droop. The outside wheel will 'push' the cradle along the shaft, and the left-most spring will compress as it resists the motion of the 'cradle'. However, as this cradle moves across the shaft, it will cause the inside suspension arm to be pushed down!

This does have the opposite-to-desired effect. It would work to increase the roll of the car!

As the guest pointed out, this has the opposite effect to an anti-roll bar.

Unless i've missed something huge, i agree with the guest. And its a pretty major mechanical fault with the system.

rob

[riff_raff]

sephiroth,

The suspension you show looks similar to what Champ cars run. It's referred to as a "3 spring" suspension. It is effective for aero cars (like a Champ car) that are pitch sensitive.

Essentially, the suspension has a "soft" spring rate in roll, so that the car maintains traction better during acceleration while exiting corners. A car that is stiff in roll will tend to unload the inner wheel during cornering.

The suspension also provides a "stiff" spring rate in pitch. Changes in pitch during braking can upset the aerodynamic balance of the car, front to rear. Causing the front or rear brakes to lock-up.

[ralt12]

An almost identical setup was used initially on the 1989-90 Tyrrell 018's and in the 019's as well.