On Wednesday, June 11, 2014 6:30:35 PM UTC-4, Frank Pittelli wrote:
2X = Soft
3X = Semi-Stiff
4X = Stiff
Most men x
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Hi guys,
I'm curious about what I should expect to be using for springs for my
suspension. Are you all balancing the overall effective spring force to
the weight of your tank? This seems like something that is just discovered
through trial and error, but I'd be interested in what you find works
Here are my rules of thumb, based on experience with suspensions in the
SU-100 (tension springs), Semovente (leaf springs) and Patton (torsion
springs).
1) Estimate (or measure) the battle weight of your tank (W). Multiply
by two (2) and divide by the number of road-wheel axles (A) to
Franks's formula pretty much works out about right for the KV-2 I have. 12
axles at about 120-140lbs completed weight, and I'm using 30lb. springs.
Mine would be on the stiff side of his calculations. I'm also using die
springs which don't seem to compress that much in a static state, but seem
Thanks, this is exactly what I was looking for. I figured there'd be a
difference between the that looks cool and that works well spring
rates. I didn't think it'd be a factor of two though. Has anyone pushed
their springs past the event horizon?
On Wed, Jun 11, 2014 at 3:16 PM, Derek
2X = Soft
3X = Semi-Stiff
4X = Stiff
Most men (and women) prefer stiff ;-)
On 6/11/2014 4:25 PM, Don Shankin wrote:
I didn't think it'd be a factor of two though.
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Has anyone really pushed the envelope of progressive rate coil springs in a
compression style suspension?
Mike B
On Wed, Jun 11, 2014 at 6:30 PM, Frank Pittelli frank.pitte...@gmail.com
wrote:
2X = Soft
3X = Semi-Stiff
4X = Stiff
Most men (and women) prefer stiff ;-)
On 6/11/2014 4:25
