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Old 10-01-2004, 09:45 PM
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Default Homemade chassis plate.

I took it upon myself to make some homemade chassis plates. These are just the first two. I wanted to test the durability before making the rest. So far so good. They are charging $60 for just a top plate, mine looks just as good and for $60 you can make two complete sets.
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Old 10-01-2004, 09:51 PM
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Default RE: Homemade chassis plate.

damn dude. that aint bad.not bad at all.
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Thanks man, I really wish I had taken some pictures before I scuffed them up. They will take a beating.
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how thick is thw cabon fiber iis it like 60 thousandths
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3mm, a little shy of 1/8 inch.
Old 10-02-2004, 12:30 AM
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How much will they reduce the weight? If the are OK will you have them for sale?
Old 10-02-2004, 08:29 AM
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They work great and are lighter, not buy very much. These things are so hard to cut out that it would'nt be worth my time to sell them. Maybe I can take a few pointers from Losi and have them outsourced. (Just Kidding) They are not for sale I just wanted to show that you can do it yourself for a lot less.
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nice job
Old 11-03-2004, 09:23 AM
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Very nice. Now where did i put those spare offcuts fo 3mm CF?[8D]
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where did you get your carbon fiber sheet from web site please
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I've always purchased all my composite materials from this place mainly for laying up vacuum bagged carbon fibre /glass wings for my gliders.Aerospace composites.Nice folks and good product

Not sure how competitive their prices are .110 solid CF deck 8" x 16" = 54 USD same thing at 8 x 12 " for $40 usd


http://www.acp-composites.com/ACP-CAT.HTM

hoipe this helps

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