Steering Ratio

[Carlos Torres]

What would be the best steering ratio to use?
3, 6 or 12
For the driver which is the best?
I think 3 is the best but is it easy to built?
Which parameters should I consider?
Carlos Torres
Suspension Chief
FSAE-LUZ
www.fsae-luz.org (http://www.fsae-luz.org)

[Carlos Torres]

What would be the best steering ratio to use?
3, 6 or 12
For the driver which is the best?
I think 3 is the best but is it easy to built?
Which parameters should I consider?
Carlos Torres
Suspension Chief
FSAE-LUZ
www.fsae-luz.org (http://www.fsae-luz.org)

[John F.]

6 would be the most appropiate. With 12 you need to steer a lot the steering wheel in the Hairpin Turn and with 3 any undisered movement of the driver will affect a lot the wheel.
For designing try a 1.5 module is the most useful one. Try long steering Arms with 100% Ackermann

[Frank]

270 degress total steer at the steering wheel

100 % (ish) ackerman

with 25 deg at the outer wheel, 33 deg at the inner wheel