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TILTING-E
rubber band racing car with tilting steering system
Designing, Engineering, Iterating, Racing
Scope
A Redesign of the "Formula-E" course from ArtCenter College of Design. Tilting-E is a handmade remote control car powered by a 16 feet rubber band. Designed with tilting steering system, it shift its center of mass side way to against the centrifugal force while cornering. Combined with Ackerman steering geometry, steering on sharp turning is smooth even under high speed.
Mechanism Engineering
Performance-oriented
Side Project
Potential Energy to Kinetic Energy
Mainly powered by a 16 inch rubber band and will be winded up by a driller before the racing. The car was allowed using only two servos, one for steering and the other for clutch breaking, which release the rubber band to unwind and create kinetic energy.
Tadpole Tilting Strike
Tadpole trike has two wheels at the front and one wheel at the rear. This configuration with a properly centered CG provides excellent traction, turning & braking. It provides a larger tilting range & also it can be tilted further while stationary without tipping over.
Ackerman Steering Geometry
The intention of Ackermann geometry is to avoid the need for tires to slip sideways when following the path around a curve. The geometrical solution to this is for all wheels to have their axis arranged as radius of circles with a common center point.
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