Originally Posted by
RodneyFord
Matt here are a few shots of my Slick 360 (DA200) spats. The idea is to have 2 inserts to mold recesses for the legs. This means I can mold left and right spats out of one mold.
Making inserts.
Not sure yet if this will work on my little F3A spat molds.
I see no reason why not.
I usually use two layers of 2 ounce cloth for the smaller. Then add carbon cloth to both sides of the spat in the axle area. Then I add the steel nuts to both sides that the axle screw goes through and secure it with some glass and carbon chop.
My molds have alignment tubes at the nut areas such that the 8-32 screw pulls the nuts into perfect alignment.
Once the spat halves have joined, I add carbon roving around the wheel hole. The spattypically weighs 12-13 grams after all of the reinforcements and nut install. The spat and strut are epoxied together with high strength flex epoxy.
The axle is of course an 8-32 bolt about 11/2" long. The steel secures both sides of the spat
Ill take a photo of a complete strut and post.