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Originally Posted by dodgydiy
carbon matting isnt that hard to work with really, have a play.
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Just a bunch of thoughts with no particular overall message:
Using carbon is interesting to me -- I have made some carbon things, years ago, but it's been a while. When I look at carbon, I see two reasons to use it:
1) It's light
2) It's easy to make crazy shapes with it
The light part wasn't a big driver for me at the beginning. I'm actually using ballast weight on this car, so it's a matter of where to put the weight instead of just lowering it.
Having said that, I'm interested in centralizing and lowering the mass, so I suppose that just means I'm motivated to lower the weight if it is not in the middle, bottom of the car. Maybe making a chassis that is focused on a lower part count chassis that has a really light front end would be interesting.
The making crazy shapes part is really addressed well by 3d printing, so I'm less motivated there. I think 3d printing a mold sounds really fun, but I don't have enough time to attach new technology, just to do it