oadamo
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| posted on 21/7/07 at 06:32 PM |
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single seater chassis
hi anyone no of any plans for a single seater on the net iam just want some ideas of the size and layout. iam going to adapt it to suit.
adam
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nitram38
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| posted on 21/7/07 at 07:49 PM |
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Why not buy my ready built car?
No MOT for another 2 years and I have just put a years tax on!
Before Body:
 
Description
With body:
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oadamo
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| posted on 21/7/07 at 08:00 PM |
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i want to have a go at building my own ive started building my locost at work.
and my garage is started to be built so when its finished ill have somewhere for another project lol. ive seen an all alloy body single racer at the
westfield strorage unit so i might ask if i can take a few measurements off it. and make the whole car from alloy.
adam
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nitram38
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| posted on 22/7/07 at 06:39 PM |
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I would n't build any chassis from aluminium as it will fracture as the chassis flexes.
An aluminium monocoque like the elise is about the only acceptable way to use aluminium if you want it to last.
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kb58
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| posted on 22/7/07 at 07:57 PM |
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An aluminum monocoque can work, it's just a matter of designing it correctly. It's all about material thickness, how close the
rivets are, and how much force is fed into the chassis. Unfortunately there aren't that many engineers who know that stuff on here - I'm
not one of them.
Mid-engine Locost - http://www.midlana.com
And the book - http://www.lulu.com/shop/kurt-bilinski/midlana/paperback/product-21330662.html
Kimini - a tube-frame, carbon shell, Honda Prelude VTEC mid-engine Mini: http://www.kimini.com
And its book -
http://www.lulu.com/shop/kurt-bilinski/kimini-how-to-design-and-build-a-mid-engine-sports-car-from-scratch/paperback/product-4858803.html
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nitram38
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| posted on 23/7/07 at 10:49 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by kb58
An aluminum monocoque can work, it's just a matter of designing it correctly. It's all about material thickness, how close the
rivets are, and how much force is fed into the chassis. Unfortunately there aren't that many engineers who know that stuff on here - I'm
not one of them.
I think you misread my post.
I said that a monocoque was the only acceptable option. Tubular chassis will crack with flex.
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