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Old 12-14-2005 | 04:36 AM
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which metal is lighter titanium or aluminium
Old 12-14-2005 | 08:21 AM
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im not sure what is lighter but i think titanium is stronger.
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Aluminum:

Density in g/cc

Aluminum-----2.643
Aluminum bronze-----7.702
Aluminum, 2024-T3-----2.77
Aluminum, 6061-T6-----2.7
Aluminum, 7079-T6-----2.74

Titanium-----4.5

Old 12-14-2005 | 12:43 PM
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Titanium's strength vs. aluminum isn't even comparable.
Old 12-14-2005 | 06:07 PM
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aluminium is strong enough for rc cars.

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Old 12-14-2005 | 08:01 PM
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carbon fiber!
Old 12-14-2005 | 08:26 PM
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Carbon fiber look's stupid on rc car's, I'm sorry to say!
Old 12-15-2005 | 04:48 AM
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[X(] carbon fibre looks cool! Especially the blue stuff

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Old 12-15-2005 | 02:08 PM
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carbon fiber isn't that much lighter but it is a whole lot more brittle
Old 12-15-2005 | 06:00 PM
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carbon fiber chassis and a arms for savage do look cool! you can't argue with that they're so..... something!
strength:
aluminum<titanium<carbon fiber
lightness:
aluminum<titanium<carbon fiber

don't flame me if I'm wrong on any of these...
also even if aluminum is lighter than titanium you need more material to achieve comparable strenght
in other words aluminum stuff will have to be thicker than titanium stuff to boost strength
Old 12-15-2005 | 06:46 PM
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well im not going to have carbon fiber universals but i think i might get aluminium ones

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