We designed the car to have this much negative camber to generate adequate lateral force when cornering. You see, we saved 30 pounds of un-sprung weight by using racing scooter wheels and tires in place of the conventional wheels used in Formula SAE. But with scooters, you don't just turn but you also lean to create enough lateral force when cornering, and we utilized the same idea for our car.
That is not a technically defensible reason to camber in the wheels. I'm surprised your professor didn't catch this. I went to a state school.
elripster 1 year ago
Because they are a state school.
rbush2271 2 years ago
why does that car have so much camber?
TheGuyOnDownStreet 2 years ago
We designed the car to have this much negative camber to generate adequate lateral force when cornering. You see, we saved 30 pounds of un-sprung weight by using racing scooter wheels and tires in place of the conventional wheels used in Formula SAE. But with scooters, you don't just turn but you also lean to create enough lateral force when cornering, and we utilized the same idea for our car.
gunshow32 2 years ago