MacPherson Strut Velomobile Suspension
MacPherson Strut velomobile suspension is popular in Europe
Following the experience of European constructors we stumbled upon aspects unknown before.
At the beginning we figured out the next:
1. Stands of this type of suspension have no inclination (perpendicular to the floor in side view).
But as you can see on the drawing above there's a caster angle change by means of the lower joint travel.
But as you can see on the drawing above there's a caster angle change by means of the lower joint travel.
2. The reference triangles are placed in horizontal plane as same as all elements of steering linkage.
3. Motion stabilization occurs not due to caster change but because of reversal axis offset from the king pin.
Our own experience gained in this direction we've implemented building our second velomobile prototype PILIGRIM. Check out the testing of MacPherson Strut: