|
Re: Chassis Material
Carbon fiber is not aluminum, and it's way down on the list of materials I would use. 80-20 is also way down on the list of shapes of aluminum that i would use, it is not really the right shape to make a strong, light structure. Thin wall rectangular tubing, or channel, would be more appropriate.
We're already a week into build season, we don't have a frame design or even material selected yet...but we do have experience with 4 different materials. When we've used new materials, we've always done some experimenting first to get a feel for it, and worked out some preliminary designs before build season. But you do have the resource of CD to give you ideas of how to build using new materials, and you can get quick advice about your planned design--take advantage of it, post the design for your chassis before you commit to building it, and let us see if we can anticipate any problems.
|