alistairolsen
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| posted on 9/12/10 at 10:29 AM |
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Any decent single seater build threads?
Specifically homebuilds showing details of chassis construction, design rationale, component choice etc as opposed to a big box of bits and a shiney
finished car 
Cheers
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andylancaster3000
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| posted on 9/12/10 at 10:43 AM |
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Road car or 'proper' single seater?
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alistairolsen
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| posted on 9/12/10 at 10:54 AM |
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Proper single seater, hillclimb cars and so one. Stuff like allan Staniforths Terrapin through to more modern monocoques in alloy (sheet or honeycomb)
and GRP and anything from v8s to bike engines, just enjoy reading
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andylancaster3000
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| posted on 9/12/10 at 11:09 AM |
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I've got a copy of the Tony Pashley - How to build motorcycle engined race cars which is very good though not a build blog per-say.
It covers ally honeycomb monocoque construction very well which is why I got it.
[Edited on 9/12/10 by andylancaster3000]
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CNHSS1
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| posted on 9/12/10 at 12:10 PM |
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projects section on Uphillracers.com and also worth having a look at the chassis and hillclimb sections on Ten-tenths
pashley book is very good for real world car builds, as is anything by the late, great Stannifoth
"Racing is life, everything else, before or after, is just waiting"---Steve McQueen
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alistairolsen
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| posted on 9/12/10 at 01:19 PM |
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I have staniforths source book which is excellent. I'm not considering building anything in the near future, but curious what others have done,
the thoughts behind it and the means by which it was achieved. will have a look at the forums you suggest 
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hughpinder
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| posted on 9/12/10 at 01:35 PM |
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This is a comprehensive design for a single seater cart, and will get you thinking about how the panelsa re folded/joined etc
http://alexandria.tue.nl/repository/books/627108.pdf
Regards
Hugh
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alistairolsen
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| posted on 9/12/10 at 03:37 PM |
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Excellent read, Ill get to the detail at a later date! Shame it doesnt cover the whole design but the chassis design looks interesting.
Any more?
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andylancaster3000
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| posted on 9/12/10 at 03:57 PM |
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That formula student one is pretty good. Though the chassis in unnecessarily complicated in my eyes.
Brunel uni have a few pictures of their chassis build from a couple of years ago that has some good ones of the monocoque construction and testing
> http://www.brunelracing.co.uk/gallery/folder.php?folder=12&photo=251
Theres a couple of other websites that I can't recall now. Will have a look when I get home.
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