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Thanks to gobi_rubi for pointing out an issue with the change in length for the front driveshaft.

Also had to change how the version numbers are input. Didn't think it would reach x.10 when I set it up to auto reference the version number. Excel sees x.9 as greater than x.10, which in hindsight makes sense.
Thanks to joesturdy for pointing out an issue with the rear panhard bar.
A few small fixes to some of the input validation.

Fixed an issue with the calculation of travel math for coilovers and shocks mounted to the rear lower links.

Updated the spring vendors to account for PAC's lineup getting sold.

Fixed the front transvers panhard movement to have the correct sign.

Fixed the roll over prediction calculations.
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Thanks to 93blackxj 's help the equations for the front and rear driveshafts angles have been completely sorted out.
And version 6.6. Missed a fix on the front pinion u-joint angle.
Bunch of fixes in this one.

Weights, dropdown selections, and rod ends on Link Sizing page.

Plot scaling and in incorrectly linked cell on Vehicle Pitch.

Thanks to some help from 93blackxj found a mistake in the sign convention in the math for the front driveshafts. The values for all angles and lengths should be correct now.

And changed it so that the version shown at the top now pulls the version from the revision page. No more forgetting to update it. I hope.
Cells using functions not present in older versions of Excel have been reworked to use different methods. The results and functionality have not changed. I believe that the calculator should work in Excel 2013 and newer.

Also fixed an mistake regarding the displaying of units on the angle inputs on the Driveshafts page.
This update only affects the results when in metric mode or when viewing the vehicle pitch page.
If you are not using either of these features, updating is not important.

Fixed the issue with anti graphs when using metric.

Added a gradient to the panhard displays. The dark end is the frame end. Hopefully this makes it easier to see which end is which.

Added two more data points to the vehicle pitch plots: both ends at bump and at droop.

Added combined acceleration and slope prediction to vehicle pitch sheet.

Added bias prediction to vehicle pitch sheet.

Caught and fixed an issue with the front axle plotting on Vehicle Pitch sheet.

Vehicle Pitch sheet now has local drive and brake biases instead of using the same ones as the Link Calculator sheet.
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Caught a mistake in the vehicle pitch front roll center equation. Should have known to double check that things didn't change when copy-pasting from the front.

The first version on the new forum software. As such this release has include the uploading and documenting of all previous versions that I have been able to get copies of.

Released by Treefrog on 4/12/2021. Frist uploaded on 4/13/2021.
Numerous fixes to equations. Dang copy paste. Should have remembered that the front isn't the same as the rear. Oops.

Released by Treefrog on 3/7/2021.
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