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Westfield floor thickness

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By D3O Phil - 8/14/2018 12:11:18 PM

After some successes making simple parts for my westfield I am looking into a winter project of swopping out the aluminium floor to a composite one. (20 years of abuse has left the aluminum a bit dinged)
I am probably going to use Diolen for a bit of impact resistance but can I get away with a 100% Diolen stack or should I put in a carbon layer? for stiffness.
Aluminium floor is currently 1.5mm any recomendations as to a Diolen floor thickness?
Will be done with Resin infusion.
is there any issue I need to worry about while producing a larger flat sheet i.e more resin feeds or exotherms
Size will be 1m x 2.5m ish
 

By Steve Broad - 8/15/2018 12:32:54 PM

D3O Phil - 8/15/2018 11:46:55 AM
Thanks both
Trip to EC for supplies soon then!
Steve looks like your elan floor is suspended on top of the chassis, where as my westfield floor it is hung underneath and rivited so i might not get away with a foam core
 

Correct. However, foam core isn't an issue if you make top hat washers that pass through the floor so the foam can't be squashed.