Layers of carbon for race car body panels

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duke	duke posted 10 Years Ago HOT Topic Details
Group: Forum Members Posts: 10, Visits: 114	Let's hear some opinions on number of carbon layers for non structural panels of a race car. E.g. a front bumper and fenders. Need to be rigid enough for high speed but doesn't need to take any other forces as aero devices are fitted to the structure of the car. Would e.g. 1 top layer 200 gram with a 2nd layer of 650 gram mat be sufficient?
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andygtt	andygtt posted 10 Years Ago HOT Post Details
Group: Forum Members Posts: 157, Visits: 1.2K	for my carbon body I used: 200g carbon surface layer 200g carbon soric core 2mm 200g carbon 200g carbon or Kevlar (wheel arches etc) This is as strong as the original heavy GRP panels I replaced it with and was around 30-40% of the weight. If it was a race car I would remove the second 200g layers of carbon on each side. To make it even lighter you can use a different core that has loads less resin uptake, Ive used this in the roof of my car as it can just about cope with the double curve of my roof and flat surfaces. Of cause you need to be aware that if you go really small layup then the pattern of the core will show on the surface.
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duke - 10 Years Ago

ChrisR - 10 Years Ago

Thanks. What type of core would you use? E.gLantor Coremat 1.4mm?

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