Status of Larry's chassis
As I have written before, Holcombe Chassis Works is developing a new chassis (pictured, on a jig) for Brian's friend Larry, also a racer, and a mechanical engineer as well. Here's a description of what's up with this project:Brian: you could say that i'm starting the rear portion of the frame rails, and that we've made a slight design change
Brian: we've decided to use motor plates
Ron: motor plates?
Brian: which the significance of a motor plate is that it adds all the structural rigidity one could desire for this application
Brian: its a big shear plate that spans the width of the chassis and bolts to the engine
Brian: and there are two of them, one in front and one on the back of the engine
Ron: so the rigidity is specifically targeted at the engine.
Brian: yeah and it keeps the chassis from bending inward
Ron: ...from the engine's weight?
Brian: from that, and the when the car lands from the wheelie
Ron: right. then you have an impact on one side and momentum on the other.
Brian: i'll send you some new pictures after dinner
Ron: cool beans, man. :-)
Brian: thats a pretty good explanation of it. lol, thanks!
Brian: it will take a lot of the stress off of the crossmembers
Ron: the crossmembers are also products of your design, right?
Brian: yeah
Ron: so you are improving your overall approach.
Brian: yeah definitely. this will make an overall much stronger design
Ron: but not much of a weight hit?
Brian: we had talked about this in the beginning, but since brought it up again as a good approach to the problem
Brian: wont be much, the one plate is .090" steel and the other is 1/4" aluminum. Both are profiled to add a minimum of weight
Ron: good!
Brian: i'll weigh them when i get em and see how much we're looking at total
Labels: engineering, young entrepreneurs
posted by Ron @ 10:35 AM
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