Suspension types

I was wondering if I have left any basic suspension geometries out of this list. I am working on a manual for school on the development of suspension for the NASA Great Moonbuggy Race.

Live axle in a bunch of setups

Double wishbone

Trailing arm

Semi-trailing arm

Swing Axle

Trailing Link

Macpherson strut

Twist axle

sliding arm (see front of a morgan)

In reply to alfadriver:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_F7QrR4Ur8

keethrax wrote: In reply to alfadriver: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_F7QrR4Ur8

that seems like an extreme swing arm set up. Amaxing motion, that's for sure.

That video is insane I have to give a thumbs up to the guys who built that. Was the sliding arm suspension used on anything other then Morgan's?

What about the De Dion suspension?

nevermind....

I included the de Dion with the live axle since the de Dion is really more about the drivetrain in a lot of ways.

The most basic of all, no springs, movement. Fixed solid to the vehicle (karts anyone).

Long double arm re: offroad buggies.

stafford1500 wrote: The most basic of all, no springs, movement. Fixed solid to the vehicle (karts anyone).

That equals no suspension

96DXCivic wrote:

stafford1500 wrote: The most basic of all, no springs, movement. Fixed solid to the vehicle (karts anyone).

That equals no suspension

Not necessarily, karts have quite a suspension through chassis flex.

96DXCivic wrote: I included the de Dion with the live axle since the de Dion is really more about the drivetrain in a lot of ways.

Not really- you should check the Alfa Alfetta, GTV6, and Milano. Transaxle mounted to the chassis, and de-Dion for the wheels. Not live axle- no need to suspend the beam for torque twist.

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alfadriver wrote:

96DXCivic wrote: I included the de Dion with the live axle since the de Dion is really more about the drivetrain in a lot of ways.

Not really- you should check the Alfa Alfetta, GTV6, and Milano. Transaxle mounted to the chassis, and de-Dion for the wheels. Not live axle- no need to suspend the beam for torque twist. E-

Thanks for that heads up. I was thinking about those Alfas earlier. I knew they had de Dion setup but I was wondering how the rear suspension was done.

MrJoshua wrote:

96DXCivic wrote:

stafford1500 wrote: The most basic of all, no springs, movement. Fixed solid to the vehicle (karts anyone).

That equals no suspension

Not necessarily, karts have quite a suspension through chassis flex.

I don't think I am going to get much travel out of that setup which is needed on the vehicle I am working on.

double wishbone with pushrod

double wishbone with pullrod

torsion bar

Is the torsion bar what chrysler had in the front of there cars for a long time?

96DXCivic wrote:

MrJoshua wrote:

96DXCivic wrote:

stafford1500 wrote: The most basic of all, no springs, movement. Fixed solid to the vehicle (karts anyone).

That equals no suspension

Not necessarily, karts have quite a suspension through chassis flex.

I don't think I am going to get much travel out of that setup which is needed on the vehicle I am working on.

Need more Flex!

96DXCivic wrote: Is the torsion bar what chrysler had in the front of their cars for a long time?

Yes. There are some pics of that setup near the bottom of this page: http://www.allpar.com/cars/suspensions.html

They even had two different torsion bar systems.