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Traffwll
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I have a glass fibre car with a rotten mild steel space frame chassis. Is it feasible to replace (partially replace) with your carbon fibre tubes and sections? I mean would they be strong enough. The main rust is in the main backbone chassis and the sections that come out along the sills. If i have a 1inch mild steel tube section what would i replace that with for same strength?
I would replace complete section for instance the whole backbone not just patch up the rusty bit.
Graham
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I work with a group of school children who compete in an electric kart competition run by an educational charity called Greenpower.
http://www.greenpower.co.uk/
Our school uses the standard steel framed 'kit' cart
http://gpshop.theuniprogroup.com/index.php/catalog/product/view/id/230/s/formula-24-kit-car/
which is very heavy compared to other school's carts made of aluminium or carbon fibre.
In order to improve our performance we need to replace our heavy frame with something lighter, but expense is an issue as the children (& parents) have to fund it.
We are investigating the possibility of making a space frame carbon fibre chassis to the same dimensions as the existing frame. Ideally we would then be able to swap over all the other components without needing to re-engineer the whole cart.
We've been advised that 2mm wall thickness carbon fibre tube joined using bonded-in aluminium 'T', 'L' etc nodes would be a good solution.
What do people think? Can anyone recommend a supplier of off the shelf connectors to join the cf tube?
Many Thanks for your help.
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Space Frame Chassis
Traffwll
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13 Years Ago
Hi Graham, It's feasable but there would be lots of considerations specific to working with...
Matt (Staff)
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13 Years Ago
Thank you for coming back to me. I used to own a lotus elan +2 which had a steel backbone chassis -...
Traffwll
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13 Years Ago
simpler solution might be to repair the old chasis then get it hot dip galvanised. Then powder...
Warren
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13 Years Ago
I find myself considering doing this as well for the areas of the chassis that hold the body on, the...
andygtt
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12 Years Ago
You are mad - as in carbon mad :hehe: :w00t: but that's no bad thing. I see no reason why it...
Warren (Staff)
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12 Years Ago
No in one word
compositepro
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12 Years Ago
If I am out out of line, let me know, this is my first post. This topic touched on the reason I...
maurice
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12 Years Ago
[quote][b]maurice (17/08/2013)[/b][hr]If I am out out of line, let me know, this is my first post....
wojtepanik
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12 Years Ago
With the help of EC advice over the last 1.5years I have learnt how to make moulds and composite...
andygtt
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12 Years Ago
If you dont have the engineering know how/experience to design a chassis and measure it to be safe,...
Warren (Staff)
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12 Years Ago
I have actually built a carbon framed Caterham chassis which we installed a 300 HP Cosworth race...
Nick Igoe
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12 Years Ago
Thank you for your answers! I don't want to hijack a thread, so feel free to keep me in line. "In...
maurice
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12 Years Ago
You need to do some research. Find a couple of books on compsites and spend a few long nights to get...
Warren (Staff)
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12 Years Ago
I work with a group of school children who compete in an electric kart competition run by an...
F24
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12 Years Ago
I would be careful about using carbon tubes. certainly do NOT just replace a metal tube structure...
Warren (Staff)
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12 Years Ago
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