CARBON BODY## THE CAR IS ALLMOST READY

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CARBON BODY## THE CAR IS ALLMOST READY

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Is there an market for carbon bodies.
Iam going to make an viper body first.
Please let me know what your thoughts are.
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My thoughts are you might as well couple it to a chassis with standoffs ala a double decker chassis and make it structural. You may revolutionize the industry. :mrgreen:
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How about a Fusion Speed Tub
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A carbon monocoque would be pretty cool. Might increase the center of gravity though. Carbon fiber is light, but lexan is lighter still.
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Do a search for "HPI Monocoque". ;)
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you know. i was literally thinking about this earlier today. pair up a fiber-lyte chassis and nose plate. a few other carbon goodies and it would be one hell of a carbon build.

love to see where this goes either way.
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Jerzi wrote:Is there an market for carbon bodies.
Iam going to make an viper body first.
Please let me know what your thoughts are.
Jerzi
Mite be a limited market for one at best. Shelfers and the I have one crowd maybee . Runners and racers I would think prefer the lexan body. Just my 2 cents on bodies.
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For cosmetics it would be sweet! For running...I think your receiver would hate you
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The project is going to the right side now.
Im building on the molds and they are soon ready.
I have allready done some carbon wings and here is some pics of my cat3000 undertray made out of glassfiber.
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Some progress.
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Wow that looks very promising! Although I would have prefered a Protech I 8) How much does it weigh?
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That looks pretty nice.

Cant wait to see the finished products

they will be for sale right :mrgreen:
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Well I had some left overs of the carbon cloth so I though what a hell.
This body will not be the lightest one but i hope it will be nice.
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One more pic.
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Wing for this project...
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