Opinions please: Roll-over protection for a Marcos


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Ian Mantula
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I have just started to consider some carbon fibre parts for my Marcos Mantula. The car needs various parts before it's finished. One of those was to be a steel roll-over bar. However, my recent discovery of the possibilities of carbon fibre composites got me thinking. Is it possible for an enthusiastic amateur to build a lightweight integrated crash structure that was genuinely capable of helping with protection? What I'm thinking of is a structure that was not obvious once the interior had been trimmed. When working with steel roll-over structures there is plenty of prior knowledge as to what works and what would fail. Can this be true with Carbon fibre composites, or is this a black art known only to a few? How would I learn?

In case you are wondering the Marcos is a GRP bodied two seater sports car with a steel chassis and in mine a 4.6 litre V8... The top of the chassis structure is at shoulder height.

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"Apparantly they use some sort of anti-splinter process to ensure the cage does not shatter into shards if it is subject to an impact" They have worked with Airbus, i think they used  different type of carbon fiber or resin, its possible. Normally it causes shatter into shard if it is subject to an impact. You shouldn't try that because of safety.

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