Front wheel drive has advantages at the height
2.5m height limit. Why can here only motorhomes with front wheel drive go?
2.5m height limit. Why can here only motorhomes with front wheel drive go?
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- You expect certainly from a motorhome, that you can be erectly stand in it
- The vehicle ground of the living field must be flat
- Vehicles of this size need a specific tire size
- Vehicles with front wheel drive need only a wheel suspension at the back
- Vehicles with rear drive need a differential at the back
- This makes about 10cm difference
- From the fact adds it no chance a mobile home with rear drive less than 2.5 m of height may build
- In many garages is at last one parking deck with 2.5m limit
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The other advantages of the front wheel drive:
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- The center of gravity is more in front, what is an advantage at side wind
- The use of the ground below the vehicle is not disturbed by the Cardan shaft
- This applies especially also to the fuel tank which is at the most secure place exactly in the middle
- The center of gracity is also lower, giving better road holding, less sway in curves and at sudden
change of direction
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