Carbon Fiber

[Jeff K.]

Ooh wow thanks for all the replies.
Yeah, we are aware that it is hazardous to deal with, so most of the machining, such as cutting and drilling will be done by a sponsor machining company. We may build it with the composite sponsor, working along side them with all the proper safety precautions in the right work environment. For safety also, whenever we work with it, we may wear resperators to not inhale the dust and will also wipe it with a wet cloth every now and then, and definitely whenever it comes back from being machined.

For connections and interfaces, there won't be any since it will all just be one single molded chassis. For upper structures, if we choose to go with a modular design, it'll probably just have an aluminum bracket or angle aluminum with nuts and bolts to attach.

Tytus, thanks for the support of just giving it a shot and trying it out. No team, that has publicly announced it, has yet to make their whole bottom chassis out of molded composites, all one piece with no connections or interfaces. 842 has made much of their chassis using composites, but with interfaces and components to connect them.
If we do plan to try it out, we will definitely experiment on it in the offseason before we ever use it during the actual season to see if it can really take a beating or if it is just impractical.