DAY 21- suspension

I spent the entire day redesigning the suspension. I had to do something about the current length of the wishbones. the lower wishbones were just too short. I had to find some way of lengthening them without increasing the front and rear track. Also i had to make sure the new design would allow for future changes (in case i make a huge mistake in the positioning of the wishbones now, all i have to do is to remove the mounts and redesign them or place them in a new position). This is what i came up with. The biggest issue was to increase the length of the wishbones withouth increasing the wheelbase.



Currently the front wishbones are beside the passengers legs. I just couldn't increase the length of the bottom wishbone as its not possible to decrease the width of the cockpit. I had to find some way to increase the difference in length between the lower and upper wishbones. Also this design is a bit crappy since the mountings (Grey pieces holding the wishbones) stick outwards too much
and this might affect the aerodynamics.




This is the new design. By raising part of the cockpit floor (only the area where the passengers foot is) a couple of centimeters, the lower wishbone mount can be placed under the legs. the wishbone will still be able to rotate the required amount without colliding with any part of the chassis.








this looks a lot more durable. The new design also allows the upper wishbone to be moved further in. This means that the mounts don't stick outwards like before. The same stuff was applied to the rear suspension. The suspension mounting positions can still be easily modified in the future.