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Martian

posted on 26/5/06 at 11:05 AM Reply With Quote
seatbelt mountings

does anyone know how thick the bottom seatbelt mountings need to be? the ones on my locost are 3mm thick. i was thinking about doubling them up with a bit more 3mm. is this nesercery?
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ned

posted on 26/5/06 at 11:27 AM Reply With Quote
mine are only 3mm plate. as long as there's plenty of meat on teh triangle/web of steel and its fully welded i can't see it being a problem.

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DavidM

posted on 26/5/06 at 06:32 PM Reply With Quote
Mine are 3mm triangles welded into the junction between chassis tubes, as the book. I kept the fixing hole reasonably close to the corner of the tube junction. Passed OK.





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