Interesting read on carbon fiber control arm manufacturing.

[Bennett131]

No it isn't.

 

 

I can tell you aren't an archer.

I know where you're coming from here. Seen many arrows splinter that looked fine.

[ClaudeMachining]

No it isn't.

 

 

I can tell you aren't an archer.

I can tell you're not an engineer ;-)

 

You can have micro braking on alu or any material too.

[ClaudeMachining]

Are you telling me steel, aluminum and carbon fiber can all break? Thanks, Captain Obvious,

 

No Dave. I mean that not only carbon can have micro fracture that can be hard to see or detect at first like the example (carbon arrow) you provided.

[trickedcarbine]

Not wrong at all

[ClaudeMachining]

Carbon fiber is much less malleable than aluminum. So it will splinter and micro fracture when aluminum is more likely to bend or dent. 

 

Is th4at wrong?

Both will micro fracture when under repetitive load (fatigue). Under hight load/impact, alu will bent and carbon will break.

[registered user]

So like I said in my first reply, if subjected to the exact same abuse, carbon fiber will crack before aluminum will.

i dont know about that. the link i posted has some very good info on the subject. if your planing to smash into trees then it wont make a damn bit of diference what your aarms are made of

[ClaudeMachining]

So like I said in my first reply, if subjected to the exact same abuse, carbon fiber will crack before aluminum will.

To understand a material, how it react, you have to understand what the numbers and curves that define the material mean.

 

But, what are you trying to say to me? The arrow thing?

[JTmachining]

So how is this all applying to a BHQ build lol

[Bennett131]

So how is this all applying to a BHQ build lol

Good point!

[trickedcarbine]

In racing carbon is typically intended to shatter in a crash. That is one of the properties that F1 guys use to their advantage for safety.

[JTmachining]

R+D has to start somewhere. The CF R+D is already done, now the R+D to adapting it into another application is needed. Trick is taking the first step in this R+D. People should be helping and encouraging this so the sport can live and grow.

I know this isn't directed to me but there are other options that are better for application on a Banshee with suspension

[JTmachining]

Billet and plastic is super light and solid tho. Chromoly and Titanium is super light n strong also

[JTmachining]

It's all material. I also state facts. IDC if people want to use CF

[JTmachining]

Billet aluminum. Look zilla. U don't have shit to show on any of this discussion so not sure why u are even posting

[JTmachining]

Ummm, billet isn't a type of material, it is a type of manufacturing process.

Choromly isn't light.

So those are not facts.

I thought peeps would know when I posted billet I was talking about aluminum. I short txt that. U want to pick shit apart no prob. Chromoly isn't light? That shows u have no idea what u are talking about. Other posts u have posted also reflect the same. I think u are RU sometimes