Nitrogeno25
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| posted on 12/2/07 at 02:56 PM |
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Least stressed member
Are there any member of the chassis candidates for thinner wall (maybe 18 awg).
I'm thinking of the least stressed memebers or the shortest ones. What about the vertical tubes?
Thanks a lot.
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3GEComponents
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| posted on 12/2/07 at 03:05 PM |
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If it's any help, when caterham did the csr chassis they actually increased some tube wall thickness' in order to make it more rigid.
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James
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| posted on 12/2/07 at 03:36 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Nitrogeno25
Are there any member of the chassis candidates for thinner wall (maybe 18 awg).
I'm thinking of the least stressed memebers or the shortest ones. What about the vertical tubes?
Thanks a lot.
Just read the Cymtrics chassis mods... they'll tell you ways to reduce weight AND increase torsional stiffness.
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Confused but excited.
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| posted on 12/2/07 at 08:01 PM |
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I think that I'm probably the least stressed member, but I'm way over 18 gauge in thickness. 
Tell them about the bent treacle edges!
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novacaine
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| posted on 12/2/07 at 09:11 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Confused but excited.
I think that I'm probably the least stressed member, but I'm way over 18 gauge in thickness.
hehehe!
that was what i thought this post was going to be about when i read the link lmao
Matt
And you run and you run to catch up with the sun but its sinking, Racing around to come up behind you again, the sun is the same in a relative way but
your older, shorter of breath and one day closer to death
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IainB
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| posted on 12/2/07 at 09:15 PM |
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I wake up with a stressed member most mornings, im sure I aint the only one....
Iain
http://s43.photobucket.com/albums/e365/IainB1986/
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flak monkey
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| posted on 12/2/07 at 09:17 PM |
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You can safely make the whole chassis out of 18g tube.
Increasing the wall thickness of the tubes add pretty much zero stiffness (actually it adds none, the only thing they affect is the braking/buckling
strain/strength of the tube), much better off strategically adding thinner tubes in various locations to increase stiffness.
David
[Edited on 12/2/07 by flak monkey]
Sera
http://www.motosera.com
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