A fantasy steam-punk machine that looks kinda cool, if that’s your thing, until you realize it can’t possibly exist, because it violates the laws of nature and logic. Continue reading Stooge 3-link truck: skating in never-never land
Major Arc is marketing a design that isn’t, and never could be, geometrically consistent. In this article, I explain what makes the design unworkable. The real question is whether they already knew about this. Continue reading Major Arc: a couple of problems
Here’s a couple of illustrations and a chart just to restate the obvious: tilt/turn is rake-agnostic. Continue reading Axle offset (aka rake): it doesn’t change axle turn
In this, I explain why the wheels travel the same distance, regardless of truck width. The main point is that the circumference of a circle is directly proportional to its radius. So, a circle with a radius x-times as long as another circle will also have x-times the circumference. So, the wheels trace curves of equal length on different truck widths. Continue reading Truck width: wheel travel
Changing Angles 