Collegiate Design Series Suspension 101 - SAE

Front Suspension: Other
Steering Considerations
• Caster and Caster Trail establish how
forces build in the steering.
– Caster gives effort as a function of steering
wheel angle (Lotus Engineering).
– Caster Trail gives effort as a function of
lateral acceleration (Lotus Engineering).
– Spindle offset allows picking caster trail
independent of caster.