[Kartbuilding] KARTBUILDING PLS HELP

[Stephen Burke]

Hi Wajih,

I take it you are referring to the plans located at:
http://www.kartbuilding.net/racingkart/index.html

King Pin Inclination can be easily descripted at:
http://www.truckalignment.com/kpi.html

On the detailed drawing of the go-kart on my website at:
http://www.kartbuilding.net/racingkart/Free_Racing_Kart_Plans_PDF/Main_Kart_Complete_03_Chassis.pdf
it should be correctly called "King Pin Inclination". The camber angle is 
the actual the final angle of the wheel to the ground. See: 
http://www.truckalignment.com/camber.html

So yes - the 12 degree camber angle on the racing kart drawings, should be 
more accurately referred to as "King Pin Inclination".

I hope this information helps.

Best of Luck,
-steve

On Sat, 10 May 2008, wajih shakur wrote:
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> To whom this may concern,
>
> I am working on the Go kart designed by Stephen Burke...
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> I am trying to understand the "Chassis" & "Stub axles and King Pins" drawing for the go kart. The king pin inclination is at 12 degree angle, does that have anything to do with the camber angle?
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> Does the king pin inclination have anything to do with the camber angle or is it just something to do with the steering axis inclination?
>
> The reason why i got confused is that the stub axle is counter acting 78 degrees, and leaning downwards from the n yoke. does that mean that the wheel is a postive camber.
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> pls help, i really want to get this go kart underway.
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> Thank you for your time
> Regards...
>
> Wajih Sahouryeh
>
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