New front suspension design?

[TheWebWheeler]

What is this?
A new Suspension design I've not seen yet...

I spotted this at the Off road expo yesterday.

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[Brandon_Charley]

Its been around for a while, has anyone seen the damn thing in motion yet, everyone wanys to know if and how it steers, but the only pics are of it parked with the wheels straight.

[TheWebWheeler]

I really dont wanna bash anyone, but it all looked pretty cheese ball to me.

[FABRICATOR]

Scrub-a-dub-dub...

[Brandon_Charley]

Actually as I was typing my post above I started thinking about it, with a zero offset rim the idea could actually work. Not sure if the huge upper is much of a benefit, but with that setup you could just have your kingpin inclination 90 degrees to the ground while still having a perfect scrub radius. Then you'd be able to have your upper and lower equal length or close to it if you still wanted some camber change. The spindle seems like you'd have to be spot on with the design for it to be durable, but I think maybe the guy was on to something.

[kats]

I tought it was to scrub the mud of the tires....

[partybarge_pilot]

Scrub-a-dub-dub...

Not to mention the bumpity-bump-bump steer and the Holy reverse ackerman Batman.....

[FlyHiFlyLo]

And a Polar Bear Moment in a pear tree.

[TheWebWheeler]

I wonder if legally you can use the upper A-arm as a fender the way its been plated & all

[1450-ranger]

Actually as I was typing my post above I started thinking about it, with a zero offset rim the idea could actually work. Not sure if the huge upper is much of a benefit, but with that setup you could just have your kingpin inclination 90 degrees to the ground while still having a perfect scrub radius. Then you'd be able to have your upper and lower equal length or close to it if you still wanted some camber change. The spindle seems like you'd have to be spot on with the design for it to be durable, but I think maybe the guy was on to something.

Except the tire would be hitting the upright unless the upright was a huge banana. Hell of alot of leverage created in a stupid design.