take a look at the spreadsheet (I’m pretty sure it’s linked to earlier), try
different parameters.
right now it seems that the 12’ 30" is around the sweet spot for machine
dimensions, as you go wider you have more trouble reaching to the far side, even
as it improves the near side.
There has not been a real test on frame angle and sled weights, this is mostly
“it worked for Bar before he started the kickstarter”. There have been a few
tests, if you go too close to vertical, to far from vertical, or too heavy on
the sled, we know there are problems
we know that we are closer to the limit in terms of tilting back, 20 degrees
doesn’t work while 10 degrees does (the last testing had problems with a 5
degree tilt)
we have not had anyone do any testing since we added chain sag to the
kinematics, so I suspect that we handle lighter sleds and closer to vertical
angles better than we used to. But until someone gets a chance to do some
testing, it’s hard to be sure.
David Lang