The Falcon uses a steering mechanism that is similar to the mechanism used in real world cars. Steering is accomplished using a steering rack that pivots the front wheels to the right or left. One EV3 medium motor (port A) controls the steering:
A rack-and-pinion mechanism is used to steer the Falcon's front wheels. This also happens to be the most common method of steering used in real-world cars. We first introduced rack-and-pinion when we made the Omnilander. Recall that it uses a circular gear (the pinion) to slide a long toothed bar (the rack) from side to side. A rack-and-pinion mechanism is a type of linear actuator because ...
