What CF sheet to use for 1/8 buggy chassis????
 

looking around there are soooooo many diffrent styles/weaves/BS floating around, I confused:neutral:

doesn't need to be super cheap, but I want 2 chassis for <$150

I found this on ebay....
http://cgi.ebay.com/Red-Carbon-Fiber...4.c0.m14.l1262

If you can get 2 chassis out of the 12x24 size then go for the 4.4mm stuff. The 3.5mm *might* be too flexible without an upper deck. Seems like a decent product and the seller has an awesome rating. Not a bad price, either.

I would get thicker stuff also. I made a t-maxx chassis out of 3mm and it flex quite a bit. Boy was it lite though.

Is that CF panel bi-directional weave or quasi-isotropic weave ?. The quasi-isotropic is a much stronger panel & is the strongest you can get ( to my knowledge) . Most rc cars touring offroad & pan cars are made of bi directional CF . Because dont need the stiffness of a quasi-isotropic panel .

its ebay CF....

I see that the "dragon plate" cf is quasi-isotropic but there has to be something cheaper out there...

Cheap CF is cheap for a reason . Quality Cf is not cheap . A member here i cant remember his name but will try to find out . He had a quality CF panel made by DA graphite . I belive this is the gentleman i was refuring to .

http://www.rc-monster.com/forum/showthread.php?t=21171

Have you thought of using titanium? Its not as light as cf or aluminum but if its milled properly can be as light and way stronger. Aircraft use the stuff for a reason in their airframes.

I belive a titanium panel would cost alot more than a CF panel .

:gasp::surprised:

any reputable online sites I should be looking at??

DA Graphite does make quasi-iso laid-up panels. Been using their stuff for 25 years and couldn't recommend it more.

It is more expensive than that stuff you linked. You can also find them on e-bay under user name graphite-gurl. That's his wife selling his panels.

Sierra Composites (I recently bought some CF angle from them, good quality)

http://www.sierracomposites.com/category-s/24.htm

Dragon Plate

http://www.dragonplate.com/ecart/categories.asp?cID=75

looks like dragon plate it is then...


just to make sure, I can put the chassis kickup in buy heating it with a heat gun and bending it, right?

While a few on this forum have had luck with that, any composites manufacturer will tell you no and that it has to be molded in. The set epoxy is not a thermoformable material.

how hard is it to "make" your own CF sheets by using CF fabric??:neutral:

It would be cheaper to buy the sheet all ready made . Plus if you dont know how do it properly. you will not have a good panel .