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JThiessen · 03.20.2007, 01:08 PM

You dont want to be messing with titanium. The cost in material is only slightly higher (in the quantities you are looking at), but the cost of the machining and bits will be significantly higher. Not enough gained to recover the cost and time.

As was stated before, ultimate strength of AL alloys does nothing for you. You want bending strength, yeild point, and life cycle info if you are getting that in depth. IMHO, just go with 7075 and dont look back. But you still wont go wrong with 6061-T6

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JThiessen RC-Monster Brushless Offline Posts: 2,436 Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Edmonds WA	03.20.2007, 01:08 PM You dont want to be messing with titanium. The cost in material is only slightly higher (in the quantities you are looking at), but the cost of the machining and bits will be significantly higher. Not enough gained to recover the cost and time. As was stated before, ultimate strength of AL alloys does nothing for you. You want bending strength, yeild point, and life cycle info if you are getting that in depth. IMHO, just go with 7075 and dont look back. But you still wont go wrong with 6061-T6 Losi 8T 1.0, Savage Flux - XL style, LST XXL, Muggy, 3.3 E-Revo Conversion and sitting outside 425hp, 831 Tq Dodge Ram Turbo Diesel. It SMOKES