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Old 03-15-2005, 04:23 AM
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best material to make ur own chassis

What is the best material to use when making your own chassis? Something cheap and relatively light, preferably.
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Old 03-15-2005, 07:51 AM
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material

.093 lexan is cheap and easy to use, carbon fibre in a sheet is more expensive but better...or aluminium sheet....easiest for a diy job is prob the lexan...
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Old 03-15-2005, 12:40 PM
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Epoxy is one of the best cheap materials to work with for making a chassis. You can even strip an old videocard from an old computer.. Aluminium is not adviseable.

A small piece of carbon is also affordable but you can contact .penguinrc for a cheap mismake chassis to fix it
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Old 03-16-2005, 01:42 AM
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thx for the help guys
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Penguin rc also sells sheets of CF, but you need to use a low speed scroll saw to cut it. Have to be careful of the dust and shards. It is what I would use, just have to do some planning and take preventive measures (safety).
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Back in the day all the onroad cars were made of G10 fiberglass. They worked very well. I would imagine you could find some of that pretty cheap.
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Old 03-20-2005, 08:03 PM
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You can get black G10 at www.McMaster-Carr.com and they also carry CF at about 5 times the cost.
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