how can they get the shape they need for a chassis??

rizo · Post 31 Mar 2007, 19:38

hi everybody!
I was curious about how they make chassis for f1 cars and went on looking into. I realized they have to heat the polymers up to 2500ºC before having it ready for building. but then they make this patterns and molds to put the carbonfibre on the aluminum honeycomb in.
could anybody give me a clue about how they do that? I mean, what are those molds made of? how can they give the carbon fibre the shape they need??

thanks.

basrawi · Post 31 Mar 2007, 20:10

you can read this, it will give you a good prespective http://www.f1technical.net/articles/3

rizo · Post 01 Apr 2007, 18:08

thank you!! that was a really interesting article

Carlos · Post 01 Apr 2007, 21:25

Welcome Rizo - You might also enjoy the thread "Carbon fibre moulding (chassis design update)" - take a look in the Forum index under "aerodynamics, chassis and tyres" - you might enjoy reading through some other threads that interest you - new insight? - revive a thread for us - once again - Welcome Rizo. Well met.

Regards Carlos

rizo · Post 02 Apr 2007, 20:15

thanks for for the welcome and thanks for that piece of advice, I found it really interesting