Lotus 108 building process

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Bambooride	Bambooride posted 8 Years Ago Topic Details
Group: Forum Members Posts: 11, Visits: 37	Hi everybody, I've started doing carbon bikes two years ago and we have built about 8 already with very basic production technology. For this year I am planning to build a replica of the famous lotus 108 pursuit bike. Does anyone have an idea about the building process used? It would be nice not just copying the frame, but also doing a replica of the building proces. I read it is vacuum assisted resin infusion (which we also use for dropouts, so I am familiar with it) using a PU foam core. My question would be - how is the frame split into "halves" or parts during or is it molded as one piece? If it is done in one piece: how is it possible to control resin content in such a process? regards, Alex
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Hanaldo	Hanaldo posted 8 Years Ago HOT Post Details
Group: Forum Members Posts: 2.5K, Visits: 28K	I would suggest watching EC's tutorial videos, as they cover these subjects very well.
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FLD	FLD posted 8 Years Ago Post Details
Group: Forum Members Posts: 468, Visits: 2.7K	There was a panorama on it many years ago. The film showed straight wet-lay but this was HQ fibre products making the very first one for mike burrows. Might be worth seeing if it's on tinterweb.
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