Thread: WCD-Style Belly Pan Weight
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Re: WCD-Style Belly Pan Weight
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Originally Posted by sgreco View Post
Sounds reasonably correct. My team used a 1/16" belly pan (5052 aluminum) this year with no pocketing and it weighed 5 pounds. Assuming you're using something like 6061, 6063, 5052 depending on the size and how much pocketing, 5.2lbs is reasonable for all of those.
We did 1/8" 5052 on a prototype with a ton of pocketing, and it came to 4.5lbs or 5lbs. One of our main reasons for the bellypan is keeping the frame stiffer in torsion. Have you found any advantages to 1/16", especially if the weight is about the same as pocketed 1/8"?