Watt's Helm joint geomtery limits perfection

Food for thought for the restless among you.
Only perfect if link radius allows free travel in the zone of pure linear
motion. Pre thought to rear and front rod end angle mounting required
to avoid bind at extreme loads. Most front links do not allow
for the rear link mounting limitations d/t chain and other vital items,
if retained in standard locals. Heady Steady is a non issue and don't
hardly matter a Whitworh as long as a bit compliant and no bind.

If ya still thinks a very rigid chassis, with some side load give
is the way to go, haha, ya just don't know what ya missing out on.
Really Neutral handling requires no tire conflicts when pointed
in different directions &/or traction loss levels.
Essentially all loads should go through same path as
pure sprinting hill climbing up right straight ahead front floating antics.

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