Guess the Center of Gravity, Simple questions on how to calculate CoG Options

[thomm]

I never considered myself a math genius, so I'm frequently challenged when I need to calculate the Center of Gravity for a car.

Assuming Redline is using the axles of a vehicle ( wheel/ axle position settings ) to determine weight distribution, and not the collision box settings ( body dimensions ), what would be the the proper z - axis value for the attached sample 'car' to achieve a 50/50 weight distribution in the massCenter?

The front wheels are on the left, positioned 1.5m from the center of the car model ( M ), the rear wheels on the right are 1m away from the center.


So your wheel.pos values in the car file look something like that:

wheels.pos {0.yy,0.yy,1.5} --- front

wheels.pos {0.yy,0.yy,-1.0} ---- rear

The massCenter for 50/50 weight distribution , what would it be ?

massCenter {0.0,0.yy,0.25} ?


Or does the Redline engine automatically position the weight between the axles, and you move it around from there ?


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On a related note, from which point is the y-value calculated in Redline ? The bottom, or the middle of the axle ( M2 ), or something else ?


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Thanks in advance for replying to those possibly stupid questions .

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