WheeledVehicleSpring

Defines the properties of a WheeledVehicle spring.

Inherit:

SimDataBlock

Description

Defines the properties of a WheeledVehicle spring.

Fields

float WheeledVehicleSpring::antiSwayForce

Force applied to equalize extension of the spring on the opposite wheel. This force helps to keep the suspension balanced when opposite wheels are at different heights.

float WheeledVehicleSpring::damping

Force applied to slow changes to the extension of this spring. Increasing this makes the suspension stiffer which can help stabilise bouncy vehicles.

float WheeledVehicleSpring::force

Maximum spring force (when compressed to minimum length, 0). Increasing this will make the vehicle suspension ride higher (for a given vehicle mass), and also make the vehicle more bouncy when landing jumps.

float WheeledVehicleSpring::length

Maximum spring length. ie. how far the wheel can extend from the root hub position. This should be set to the vertical (Z) distance the hub travels in the associated spring animation.