Thrust Angle Description

Thrust Angles Description





The front wheels aim or steer the vehicles. The real wheels control tracking. This tracking action relates to the thrust angle (3). The thrust angle is the path that the rear wheels take Ideally, the thrust angle is geometrically aligned with the body centerline (2).
In the illustration, toe-in is shown on the left rear wheel, moving the thrust line (1) off center. The resulting deviation from the centerline is the thrust angle.