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Hanaldo
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Aaaaaand because I'm now in a posting mood; the front bodywork I did for our Exige race car:  Wheel arches flared by 35mm: |
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davro
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The spread tow racing stripe is sure getting popular :p
Looking good I like the rings design around the headlights how did you do that in the layup ? The mould is looking nice very nice!
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Hanaldo
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davro (16/04/2016)
The spread tow racing stripe is sure getting popular :p looking good and the mould look nice Shame the carbon twill on the right hand panel was not running the other way to the left hand panel ... It's is indeed! It has been my favourite way of hiding joins in fabric for awhile now. There's a reason all the fabric weave is going the one direction. It's a 4-piece mould, with each piece being laid up individually before bolting them all together and placing overlapping reinforcement. Easy enough to do a v-joint on the top of the bodywork, but the front is a different story. To divide the front section into 2 and get the weave running in opposite directions, then get the weaves to line up on 4 individual mould sections... Can tell you that isn't possible to do in a profitable amount of time!
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scottracing
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looking good, i know plenty of lotus owners in the uk that would love a front end like that!
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Hanaldo
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scottracing (16/04/2016)
looking good, i know plenty of lotus owners in the uk that would love a front end like that!Do feel free to put them in touch with me, the tool and I are ready to do some work!
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ChrisR
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Looking good there Hanaldo, 6kg, tut tut, that's a bit heavy isn't it?? (only joking) How flexible is it? will it take a few racing kisses before cracking or is it a one shot deal?
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scottracing
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Hanaldo (16/04/2016)
scottracing (16/04/2016)
looking good, i know plenty of lotus owners in the uk that would love a front end like that!Do feel free to put them in touch with me, the tool and I are ready to do some work! shipping costs might be a bit high, but i will see if they are interested
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Hanaldo
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ChrisR (17/04/2016)
Looking good there Hanaldo, 6kg, tut tut, that's a bit heavy isn't it?? (only joking) How flexible is it? will it take a few racing kisses before cracking or is it a one shot deal? 6kg actually is heavy. I built this as more of a 'street-trim' rather than a 'race-trim' piece, simply so that I could show other potential customers what they could expect if they wanted it for a street car. If this one gets broken, I will likely replace it with a heavily-dieted panel of about 2.5kg for the track. As for flex and durability, it has been designed to flex in certain directions based on the likelihood of impacts. So if you were to pick it up off the car, it would feel very stiff and not have much flex at all. However when taking a hit from below, such as when it hits the ripple strip, the front of it has been designed to have a small amount of flex to transfer stress to the crash box on the chassis. Of course I couldn't possibly account for every possible impact scenario, so while it may be tougher in one type of impact, it is possibly less so in another type. This will be an evolving design, so if it were to get damaged beyond repair in a certain situation then I will be looking at that and analysing why it happened and what can be done to prevent it again. There are also several types of fabric in this layup, which includes Kevlar internally to hold the laminate together in the event of failure, and black diolen externally in areas prone to abrasion such as the inside of the wheel arches and the bottom lip where it rubs on the ripple strip. I have put a lot of thought into the durability of the panel, more for my own experience and knowledge than anything else. To be honest, it's probably bad business as I will likely never have to replace the thing!
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ChrisR
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Nice, there are a few places in the UK that do racing clams already but with mixed reviews. Some go for the lightest weight option but crack when you look at them, there are others that over compensate and are two heavy but stiff. - both fail on point impacts There is one chap that produces a clam that is stiffish for area / aero load but flexible in point loading so you could normally do about 3 races before replacing (unless you bin it!) under normal racing conditions. My kit car normal bodywork is circa 30kg but the racers is only about 6kg for the entire shell
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fgayford
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Very nice work!!
I am equally impressed with how clean your floors are.
Fred
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