Damping Coefficient

[Schwanger]

I am unsure of how to calculate the necessary damping coefficient. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[Schwanger]

I am unsure of how to calculate the necessary damping coefficient. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[Jeff Curtis]

Reference Dixon's Shock Absorber Handbook. I would say as a general rule of thumb, you want you roll and pitch modes to be critically damped. In ride modes I would suggest somewhere between 50 and 80 percent of critical.

[mtg]

Read the Spring & Damper tech tips on the OptimumG website.

The format of the achived ones on the website isn't as good as I'd like. I have all of them in .pdf format. If you want those, email me and I'll send them (as long as you sign up for one of the FSAE seminars http://fsae.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_smile.gif)