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MarkMK
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I'm thinking of replacing the floor panels on my kit car with carbon ones.
Current panels are rivetted in place and are approximately 1mm thick.
The seat bases are bolted through steel mounting straps running across the floor, so they take the weight of the seat/driver, but the floor will be stepped upon when getting in and out etc.
Do you think nomex/aluminium/foam cored panels would work best and be structurally better than, say, a 2mm pure carbon panel (estimate that this thickness might be need so as not to deflect too much)?
Additionally, I'm looking for the best method of finishig the edges of the panels, if cored, in order to provide a good mounting surface to then rivet to the chassis tubes. Would these need to be built up somewhat yo match the thickness of the cored main structure?
Any thoughts/prior experience?
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MarkMK
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Thanks for that Rob
Is it easy to create an angle when using a honeycomb core?
Not having worked with it previously, I'm not certain what to expect when trimming or cutting it, especially the Nomex variant?
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Use a nice stiff foam, it will help with sound dampening, whereas a honeycomb won't. It's also easy to shape with a knife/saw/sandpaper/sander/tablesaw etc...
I've not used the easy composites foam but I do use Gurit M80 a lot (closed cell foam also) and honestly cannot see the advantage of using honeycomb on a small area, especially when not using prepreg - it's a pain the proverbial having to multistage the process rather than one shot in the bag
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Just re-read your original post - why would you bother with a core on a 2mm thick floor panel? If you want to then maybe use corecork rather than a thin foam.
Honeycomb will collapse with repeated point loads (like standing on the thing). I'm replacing a floor panel at the moment on a boat that has had the core collapse, 1in honeycomb with 1/16 ali top and bottom
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Floor panels
MarkMK
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9 Years Ago
Have the core/foam undersize and 45 the edge so in the areas where it is under a chassis rail both...
f1rob
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9 Years Ago
Thanks for that Rob Is it easy to create an angle when using a honeycomb core? Not having...
MarkMK
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9 Years Ago
Use a nice stiff foam, it will help with sound dampening, whereas a honeycomb won't. It's also easy...
ChrisR
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9 Years Ago
Just re-read your original post - why would you bother with a core on a 2mm thick floor panel? If...
ChrisR
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9 Years Ago
IMHO a 2 mm thick (Even a 1,5 mm ) solid carbon/kevlar mixed panel/flor plate will outperform the...
Dravis
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9 Years Ago
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