Introducing the BPD: Bullet Proof Drive

[GarrettF2395]

Originally Posted by squirrel

here it is as a .gif

the original is a way too big (for my browser settings) .png

Wow! That is impressive! But I wouldn't expect anything less from Craig.

[AdamHeard]

Have you actually tested it's ability to take a bullet?

I can't exactly tell, is this showing off a possible design for your team, or one that you want to encourage lower resourced teams to make?

Originally Posted by sdcantrell56

Good good good. We are officially hooked on wood. You should be able to build a killer wooden frame with a table saw and mill, especially if you want to get into biscuiting the joints and even laying it with glass. We used okoume this year and the weight savings is incredible. The density is only.018lbs/cubic in. The only problem with it is that its super expensive and difficult to find. I think for next year we will just go with 12mm baltic birch since we can get it 2 miles from our school and its 1/4 the price of okoume. We also used MAS epoxy to attach everything.

I would make the arguement that although wood has a lower density, a lighter base can be made with aluminum than with wood for the same function.

Originally Posted by AdamHeard

Have you actually tested it's ability to take a bullet?

I can't exactly tell, is this showing off a possible design for your team, or one that you want to encourage lower resourced teams to make?

It wouldn't ACTUALLY take a bullet... Though if someone machines one for me, I'll take it out to the range next week, and open up on it with some 5.56x45's!

It's both a possible design for our team, and something that other teams could make. It's really not too bad machine-wise, all you need is a manual mill and some AM parts.