How does positive caster provide increased directional stability?

What will be an ideal response?


The vehicle weight is projected through the caster line to the road surface. Positive caster causes a large tire contact area behind the caster pivot point, and this large contact area tends to follow the caster pivot point, which provides increased directional stability.

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A. Articles of Confederation. B. Constitution. C. emancipation of some slaves. D. passage of laws allowing interracial marriage. E. abolition of slavery in a few southern states.

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The term "equivalent feet" is a method of rating _____.

a. VAV box performance b. friction loss in a fitting c. the length of a return air plenum d. exhaust relief pressure

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When calculating the load in volt-amperes for the main service-entrance conductors, the demand factor for the first 3,000 volt-amperes is 100%, the demand factor for all volt-amperes in excess of 3,000 volt-amperes is ___________________%.

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

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According to Thevenin’s theorem, if we need to know specific information about a resistor, we can simplify our task by reducing the rest of the network to a single equivalent series circuit of one emf and one resistance, known as Thevenin’s ____ and Thevenin’s resistance.

a. magnetism b. voltage c. current d. reduction

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