• xthexder@l.sw0.com
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    11 months ago

    I think they’re getting at the fact this design would generate massive amounts of torque steer. With the motor input vertical, any rotation will also try and change your steering direction.

    • trash80@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      11 months ago

      Driving the streering wheels exerts a force on the driving surface. That causes the steering wheels to have a tendency to toe in.

      Looking from the top, you could run the motor clockwise on the right side and anti-clockwise on the left to cancel some of that, but the motor has very little leverage compared to the wheels.