RE: graphite and plastic toughness?
ahh thanks for the replies guys, especially the part about not having aluminum parts next to each other...im running a mini lst, not a mini t, and yeah there are no delrin chasses out....
im already buying some stock plastic arms (i think theyre nylon so theyre good for crashes), and for the parts which are not directly exposed to crashes i'll buy graphite to lessen the impact on the parts that are...
does carbon fiber flex during crashes? and are the exposed edges (like screwholes) the most vulnerable parts of the chassis? what are the things that are cf vs graphite, anyway? by the way, the graphite part that im buying is the main chassis plate which was made of aluminum in stock form,so i think rigidity has something to do with it , i.e. this is one part of the chassis thats not supposed to flex, and everything around it is plastic, maybe thats why nobody makes an entirely delrin chassis for the mlst...
before i bought my current aluminum chassis, i thought it looked cool and stuff and i really liked the extended wheelbase... but now that i used it, i realized what a low grade aluminum that its made of (you can bend it by hand) and im almost about to get rid of it.... plus ive run into a swath of problems , my screws bend and the screwholes theyre in strip, the hingepins bend and my arms no longer move properly, ive broken 3 packs of axles because the aluminum arms dont have any give at all, plus all that weight is taking its toll on the drivetrain thanks to the brushless system...