| flm maxx chassis brace | carbon fiber | ofna cd | hacker c50 10xl |

[Gee]

Nice job! I love to see the "Homemade" builds and ideas that people come up with. A part of the hobby I like probably the most. This looks like it is going to be real sweet! The flathead screws look nice. Could you recess them into carbon to sit flush or would that take too much away from the strength/integrity of the area?

[JThiessen]

Originally Posted by Gee

Nice job! I love to see the "Homemade" builds and ideas that people come up with. A part of the hobby I like probably the most. This looks like it is going to be real sweet! The flathead screws look nice. Could you recess them into carbon to sit flush or would that take too much away from the strength/integrity of the area?

CF doesn't do well with tapered cross cuts in it, such as you'd get with a countersunk screw. They tend to delam faster when you do that. I'm speaking from an aircraft design standpoint - but I'm sure the same applies here. Not only that, but you'd dull your countersinks so fast you'd probably spend as much on them as you did on the CF plate. That stuff is really hard on bits.

[ANGRY-ALIEN]

Originally Posted by Gee

Nice job! I love to see the "Homemade" builds and ideas that people come up with. A part of the hobby I like probably the most. This looks like it is going to be real sweet! The flathead screws look nice. Could you recess them into carbon to sit flush or would that take too much away from the strength/integrity of the area?

Thanks man... This is really the part of the hobby I love too... I wanted to keep the heads of the screws on top because it adds a little something to the look of the chassis.

Originally Posted by JThiessen

CF doesn't do well with tapered cross cuts in it, such as you'd get with a countersunk screw. They tend to delam faster when you do that. I'm speaking from an aircraft design standpoint - but I'm sure the same applies here. Not only that, but you'd dull your countersinks so fast you'd probably spend as much on them as you did on the CF plate. That stuff is really hard on bits.

Yep... that's correct I did a test counter sink with a spare piece of carbon and it didn't work out so well.

[ANGRY-ALIEN]

Continuing with the screw up process:

Got a chance last night to make some test fits with the battery/lower plate...




Cut down to 1/4 inch, the aluminum bulk braces made very nice little stand offs for the lower plate







Still using flat-heads to mount the larger carbon parts











The lower plate needs additional work... I can't access 2 of the 4 mounting for the CD (might just cut slots or big holes)







I need some M4 screws to make the test fit of the CD with the Savage Shafts and see what kind of adjustments I will have to make to the CD mounting plate




More updates to follow, stay tuned

Alien

[Gee]

Originally Posted by ANGRY-ALIEN

Thanks man... This is really the part of the hobby I love too... I wanted to keep the heads of the screws on top because it adds a little something to the look of the chassis.




Yep... that's correct I did a test counter sink with a spare piece of carbon and it didn't work out so well.

Thanks, I didn't know that about CF.