Carbon GT mono - Page 7

J. Salmon · 06-03-09, 06:27 AM

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Originally Posted by teak360

That photo has been around for about a year. The full cf wheel looks great, but is not an engineered product. Those are still way off in the future, at least for street use.

The full carbons may not be ready, but the Dymags have been around a few years. There was a set on an Audi R8 at the track earlier this year. Would definitely go nicely with this project here. But they are mucho dinero!

Urs · 06-03-09, 07:43 AM

Here another picture from the cutted ribs on the nose.
And a picture of Fran s Alu bridge, where it should be later

David W · 06-05-09, 07:41 AM

Are those ribbs solid carbon fiber or is there some core material in there? If so what do you use as a core?
I assume the wood patterns were not left in as the core.

Urs · 06-05-09, 08:50 AM

Hello David
That ribs are full carbon without core.

Urs · 07-01-09, 02:00 AM

Here some pictures from the almost finished sockets for the bell crank.

Schmittbr · 08-14-09, 11:29 PM

amazing project, cant wait to see it ready ^^...
news please

Schmittbr · 09-19-09, 09:00 PM

any news?

Urs · 09-21-09, 11:20 AM

Hello
i had a brake again, because we had an aerobatic championship in switzerland and a lot of training camps and airshows and also the most important, the family. but now im going on with working on the gt

Later ill post some new pictures.
greetings from switzerland.

Urs · 09-25-09, 03:40 AM

Some new pictures

Urs · 09-25-09, 08:27 AM

Here a link to the first engine run from our allison powered Votec, not a GT but also hot !!

YouTube - Turbine Votec 451 first engine run
YouTube - Votec 452 Turbine

Wish a nice weekend.

Schneider Mike · 09-25-09, 08:53 AM

Hi Urs,hope all is rigth!!!

Fantastic progress in your Gt! Plane too!
Go on!!!

Greez
nice weekend too
Mike

Schmittbr · 10-13-09, 06:05 PM

HUhu amazing plane, huge motor ^^

Very nice rims!! Good luck

greetings from Brasil
(Rubens Barrichello for the win haha!)

Urs · 10-22-09, 05:34 AM

Now the front suspensiont fitted together with the temporary pushrods.
now we start with engine mount and rear suspension.

Dave Deerson · 10-22-09, 07:07 AM

Simply beautiful wokmanship!! Absolutely gorgeous !!!
It's still difficult, being of "old school" thought, that carbon fiber can be strong enough for suspensions(yet we all know it is)!! Maybe my feelings are rooted in how the stuff comes to me as raw materials- rolls of cloth and some liquid resin to replace nice,strong(and heavy) steel. Working with composites, to me is almost like getting something from nothing(think of it, the body of your car or suspension came to you in a can and roll of cloth!!)
I know we don't think of the worst during a build, but how repairable is the chassis( in particular the chassis pick-up points) after a shunt? How does carbon and epoxy take to secondary bonds after the initial cure? Would it involve any type of heated post curing? On that note do you have to perform an elevated temp cure to this chassis when it's all finished??

Jim Rosenthal · 10-22-09, 01:59 PM

Urs, what sort of brakes do you plan to use? The Wilwood calipers I got are very light, but maybe you plan something more exotic? Of course, we haven't seen how well they stop the car, but Superformance use them, and they weigh quite a bit more than your car is going to.

I may have asked this, but do you have an estimated weight for the assembled car, total?

david · 11-17-09, 01:54 AM

Well i'm pleased to see someone is doing it. i have thought about it, i'm in the FRP. business. heard about someone trying. I wonder if your using prepreg or infusion or both being in europe it's a lot more common and easier to get. i am going to try some as soon as i can get an oven built but in the mean while i am hand laying up my parts using carbon kevlar hybrids and mat. good work, Dave.

GTS Tuning · 11-17-09, 05:31 AM

Really interesting reading this thread. Its certainly a very different way to do a CF mono than we would have done in F1, and different to any techniques i've read about. its really nice to see how someone from a different industry tackles something like this.

Haven't totally got my head around how its being done and whether i can fully appreciate the advantages and disadvantages of it yet. But two things impress me, that you actaully bothered to tackle such a project and the apparent speed in which you are getting into it. Some of the techniques, if they work reliably, would be very welcome in the Automotive industry.

We did something similar a few years back on a Porsche 964, and it required a New York financier with 100's of millions of dollars in his bank account to finance it and 3 designers atleast 2 years to do the design work. I believe the programme is still going, including a carbon gearbox and torque convertor. I remember the design costs for the rear swinging arm was £46,000 alone, and the total cost of the tools and parts came to another £75,000 just for those parts.

D.

Randy V · 11-17-09, 07:45 AM

The forward uprights, brake rotor, knock-off assemblies all look vaguely familiar!

Dom · 01-06-10, 07:20 AM

Looking great - Fantastic progress

Tony C · 01-06-10, 09:00 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Scott Calabro

Urs,

Have you been here, or taken any online courses?

http://www.abaris.com/Index.asp

What is your plan for fuel storage?

Best regards,

Scott

I just came from Reno, getting my level 2 composite inspection cert. That is pretty damn impressive for a wet lay and bag. Hopefully when i start my shop I will build an Autoclave for some specialty work..

GOOD JOB!!!