Image:Caster angle.svg

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[edit] Summary

Diagram indicating caster angle. The solid red segment indicates the steering axle, with the dashed red line indicating the pivot line. The gray shaded section would be the vehicle's tire.

[edit] Instructions

Generated using the following Eukleides script, followed by judicious tweaking in Inkscape and manually editing the XML.

box(-2, -2, 10, 10)
cc = point(4,4)
Ci = circle(cc, 3)
Co = circle(cc, 4)
base = line(point(0,0), point(2,0))
vert = segment(point(4, 0), point(4,40))
ang = line(cc, 60:)
draw(Co)
draw(Ci)
mark(point(Ci, 60:), cc, point(4,6), backarrow, 3)
color(lightgray)
draw(base)
draw(vert)
mark(point(0,0), point(4,0), cc, right)
color(red)
draw(ang, dashed)
draw(segment(point(ang, -2), point(ang, 2)))
color(black)
draw(cc)

draw(point(ang, 2), box)
draw(point(ang, -2), box)
draw(point(vert, 2), cross)
draw(point(vert, 6), cross)

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• (del) (cur) 15:35, 14 March 2006 . . Ktims (Talk | contribs) . . 600×600 (12,061 bytes) (Diagram indicating caster angle. The solid red segment indicates the steering axle, with the dashed red line indicating the pivot line. The gray shaded section would be the vehicle's tire.)

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• Caster angle
• Wikipedia:Reference desk archive/Science/2006 October 5