Steering a UC

[Jordan Baker]

Mike

I will try my best at the steering system.

When you turn the wheel it will initialy move the two rods under the seats. These push and pull on the steering cam. You turn the wheel left it pushes the left rod and pulls the right rod. This them makes the cam turn counter clockwise. The cam pushed up against rollers on the tube. So with the cam turing counter clockwise the tube is pushed to the right. In turn this pushes the right side bogie out and the left side bogie in. If you try it while the carrier is sitting the hull itself will move over about 3-5 inches.

Keeping all this in mind picture the track in contact with the ground as a straight line. Try putting two pieces of sting in straight lines parale to each other. If you use your fingure and push the middle of each piece over about 1/2 inch you end up with two curved pieces of string. The top half of the sting is now being angled towards the left in a very gradual radius. That is the same thing thats happening with you track.

Now if you keep turing the wheel you will begin to turn using your brakes.

This is why carrier steering is two stage. First if for gradual turns and second is for tighter turns.