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I'm in a design based business, lots of subjectivity...and not.
Like a caster wheel on a shopping cart; positive mechancial trail, but no caster. Understood. And I also understand that pneumatic trail is a property of the tire; way back when bias ply tires provided all the mechanical trail. However, is it true that potentially strong self centering forces with high caster angles will wash out or over-power the 'feeling' we receive at the steering wheel due to pneumatic trail?
Steering wheel torque or effort can be measured. As a tire saturates this torque becomes lighter. This information is quite important to the driver.
Two scenerios, same tire, all else equal; no mechanical trail in the first. The second, 4-5 degrees of mechanical trail. In which scenario is the driver likely to receive better information regarding tire saturation?
urban, I don't mean to beat a dead horse, but I want to make sure I understand absolutely. Thanks!
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