Perfecting Suspension Setup

[Milton]

Introduction

I struggled with suspension for a long time before I figured out the simplicity of it.

[Katahu]

Whoa! You've done your homework.

EDIT:

This can really help me on setting up the proper suspensions for the animations. It's really easy for aircraft modelers to see how far a wheel extends when hanging in the air. However, for a car modeler, that would be a whole different story. Tell me, how many cars do you see flying around.

[Formula_1]

Thanks mate.
The information here is simply amazing.
I checked out your other post on tires as well. These are things I was wondering about just a few days ago.  
I haven't gotten to animation yet. I built a static nose gear assembly for an F9F last week. It came out looking good, but it didn't move at all. Just an exercise I did learning basic modifiers, etc.
So far I haven't tried to animate anything I have worked with. I haven't even saved anything, LOL.

The links you posted are all saved now too
They have me wondering about other things, but I have a feeling I can find most answers.
maybe it is getting time I tried to make something move.

The community is really great about showing how to do things. Man I am getting into this.
I have no cad skills, but finding gmax very understandable. I am kinda on the right track. It is post like yours that I am finding sooooo helpful. Thank you.

[Felix/FFDS]

Whoa! You've done your homework.

K:  Milton doesn't "do" his homework.... he creates the lesson and ASSIGNS homework!

[Milton]

LOL Felix, very funny :-)

Regarding cars, the ones you model look like they will fly :-) albeit on the ground.  I would think about a car on jacks, how far do the wheels "hang" down.  I would guess at least half the height of the tire.

I do hope this posts are useful as ... that's why I do them ;-)  Thanks for the kind words.

[microlight]

Perhaps these could go into the tutorials section? Reading them makes me wish I had more time to learn about Gmax! Good job, Milton.

[Felix/FFDS]

Perhaps these could go into the tutorials section? Reading them makes me wish I had more time to learn about Gmax! Good job, Milton.

Just to clarify:  The concepts that Milton has presented are NOT limited to gmax.  They can be applied to FSDS, or any other modelling program being used for modelling for Flight Simulator.