I’d like to adjust my trucks on the fly so that I can basically turn the board into a unturnable speed machine for going fast safely. But be able to increase turnability when slowing down.
My idea so far is to mount a ~100mm linear actuator under the front truck with a rack and pinion system for the front bushing nut. Seems very simple and parts even exist for it.
Though it is quite cumbersome.
@kook mentioned adjusting base plate angles is a way of doing it. And also using hydraulics. But I personally can’t think of a simple way to implement it.
If anyone has any ideas that would be great. Otherwise I’ll be thinking this through and using this thread as a place to put my research
the collapsed length is roughly the sidance from the center to start of shoulder for a standard TB 218 calibers.
and the fully extended length is 200mm .
control would ultimately be done by a MCU, getting speed data from the ESC. Power through a relay from battery
The idea is not to have to get off the board , nor even touch anything at all. At first it will likely just be a simple control to the MCU and then later work on a UART interface but thats only if the mechanics work out
how do these work? I saw them on the Race boards discussion.
do they actually stabilize the ride?
DO they just reduce wobbles, or will they actually reduce max lean?
This might just be the answer Ive been looking for…
@MoeStooge uses an electric motorcycle steering damper on his race boards at a fixed voltage. It might be possible to vary this voltage with suitable electronics.
I imagine that someone who has their shit together (ie not me) can jury rig it with a microcontroller to vary the voltage based on either the speed of the wheels, or the position of a secondary potentiometer on the rider’s handheld controller