graememk
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| posted on 23/6/11 at 02:38 PM |
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New chassis material ?
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]
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r1_pete
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| posted on 23/6/11 at 02:53 PM |
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Not Quite a 7..... Link
A bit more stylish Link2
[Edited on 23/6/11 by r1_pete]
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Confused but excited.
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| posted on 23/6/11 at 03:00 PM |
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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.
Tell them about the bent treacle edges!
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tegwin
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| posted on 23/6/11 at 03:06 PM |
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How about a wooden supercar..
http://www.joeharmondesign.com/
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kendo
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| posted on 23/6/11 at 04:10 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Confused but excited.
Why not?
Morgan's had an Ash wooden chassis.
No, common misconception - the chassis is steel but the bodyframe is ash - which was pretty common way back when. The traditional ones still are its
only really the Aero 8 onwards that have gone to the bonded Ali chassis.
Mind you I did once ride in an old landrover that had some of the chassis replaced with wood ! this was a while ago and it was on the Scilly Isles so
I don't think they are subject to mot's.
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Confused but excited.
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| posted on 23/6/11 at 04:35 PM |
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I stand corrected. Thank you.
Ben Hur did alright with a wooden chssis though and that was under racing conditions. 
Tell them about the bent treacle edges!
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Theshed
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| posted on 23/6/11 at 07:32 PM |
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Marcos did OK with plywood until they got all conventional....
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speedstar
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| posted on 23/6/11 at 07:51 PM |
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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!
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Kwik
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| posted on 23/6/11 at 07:57 PM |
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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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blakep82
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| posted on 23/6/11 at 08:02 PM |
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quote:
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!
no potato cars in f1 yet.
http://www.ecofriend.com/entry/eco-cars-worldfirst-f3-a-race-car-made-from-vegetables-powered-by-chocolate/
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