Ben Hur did alright with a wooden chssis though and that was under racing conditions.
after looking at this post CLICK
could you make a 7 chassis out of bamboo ?
maybe even a atom style chassis, would need to give it a nice coat of varnish maybe ???
[Edited on 23/6/11 by graememk]
Not Quite a 7..... Link
A bit more stylish Link2
[Edited on 23/6/11 by r1_pete]
Why not?
Morgan's had an Ash wooden chassis.
Seems to have worked for them.
I would think that if you used engineered (ie; laminated and formed) bamboo it 'wood' be a superb material.
Don't fancy all those splinters in the event of an oops though.
How about a wooden supercar..
http://www.joeharmondesign.com/
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Originally posted by Confused but excited.
Why not?
Morgan's had an Ash wooden chassis.
I stand corrected. Thank you.
Ben Hur did alright with a wooden chssis though and that was under racing conditions.
Marcos did OK with plywood until they got all conventional....
Currently a HUGE amount of research in to using bamboo as a replacement for carbon fibre.
Carbon doesn't decompose so doesn't have much life left as a sustainable product.
Whoever figures out how to get from a bit of grass to an F1 car will get very rich indeed!
if i bought a super car i wouldn’t want it to decompose... i would prefer carbon as it wont decompose thankyou very much...
but yes, for other applications carbon isnt the best material to use...
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Originally posted by speedstar
Currently a HUGE amount of research in to using bamboo as a replacement for carbon fibre.
Carbon doesn't decompose so doesn't have much life left as a sustainable product.
Whoever figures out how to get from a bit of grass to an F1 car will get very rich indeed!