X2C rear shoch tower

[pedro_m_albuquerque@hotma]

A group of Portuguese guys, bought 4 X2C for racing in our local clubs.

I was the last to get one and have not yet tried it (tomorrow will be the D day).

They all have broken their rear tower, so I got may hands dirty and looked for a solution.

I came up this..

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I hope this will work

[Tom3012]

Good work

Ive got something similar in the pipeline... Can i suggest you round the edges off, they're more likely to dig in how they are at the moment

[ben44]

In france we are working on it too, but not like that.
Maby some CAO later

[kaylon]

If someone can get me a 1to1 scan of this part (for mount holes) I'll happily draught one up for milling and share the files. I'll add a couple to my next run and make them available

The milling machine is currently down atm for upgrades but will be up and running again next week.

J

[pedro_m_albuquerque@hotma]

Thank you for all your comments.

I race this prototype today and it did behave well.
A few crash's din't break it, nor cracked.

You're right tom3012, it need some work to become a more usable part, as the finishing is far from acceptable.

At list tow aspects are to be improved right away, the carbon board and de edges (incluind holes for wing posts)

I made the carbon board at home and tried for the first time kevlar, that showed to be much too hard to work (specially the finishing and hole drilling), the other aspect is that it was too thin so a used two of them glowed together, and became too thick.
I have to work on the mold to get a good board one first time. with the right thikness (about 5 mm, or maybe 4mm can hold on - any sugestions)

Concerning the shapping, if I use only carbon fiber, it will get much easier to cut, and with the prototype in my hand I can now correct the measurments including the post's hole (harder to preview).
Round edged will certainly give it a better look and prevent damaging other's cars.

[Tom3012]

Cool stuff, glad to hear your going to keep on developing it, 4mm carbon fibre would be plenty enough!