"Bandit" (2bandit)
09/18/2014 at 19:30 • Filed to: bandit does college
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"Bandit" (2bandit)
09/18/2014 at 19:30 • Filed to: bandit does college | 9
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I'm basically qualified to work in F1 now. Who wants to give me an internship or something?
PatBateman
> Bandit
09/18/2014 at 19:33 |
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Make me carbon fiber panels for a 2006 F150!!
norskracer98-ExploringTheOutback
> Bandit
09/18/2014 at 19:34 |
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The Kart or something else?
Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire
> Bandit
09/18/2014 at 19:49 |
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Your nail clippers broken?
tromoly
> Bandit
09/18/2014 at 19:52 |
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Dude, work with Purdue's Formula SAE team before making statements like that. On second thought, work with Purdue's Formula SAE team, it's easily the best experience you can have in building cars.
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Bandit
> tromoly
09/18/2014 at 19:59 |
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(that's where I helped with the carbon fibre...)
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tromoly
> Bandit
09/18/2014 at 20:03 |
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Good.
But seriously, you'll have fun there, Formula guys are a good group to be around. Formula is also the easiest way to get rid of a girlfriend, so be aware of that part too.
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Bandit
> tromoly
09/18/2014 at 20:07 |
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1) Starts distance relationship
2) Still does formula
3) ????
4) Profit!
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tromoly
> Bandit
09/18/2014 at 20:16 |
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That's the spirit!
BaconSandwich is tasty.
> Bandit
09/18/2014 at 20:30 |
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I'm curious. I've been wanting to play with carbon fiber for a little while now.
Was it 2x2 twill? What weight? What did you use for resin? For the vacuum bagging, did you use just a single point to draw out air, or did you actually use a piece of perforated hose to draw out air over a large area?
MM54
> Bandit
09/18/2014 at 21:22 |
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Congratulations! Carbon work is cool. Once it's done, watch out for splinters... it's like fiberglass but way worse...
I've been on my university's SAE Supermileage (like Formula but way less exciting; also 1/10 the cost so we can actually, you know, do it here) team for 4 years - I've done a lot of carbon fiber work. We've done entire cars as a monocoque with wet layup in one-go. I dare say there are a few of us very good at it.
As an EE it means nothing for career opportunities, but it's still neat.
dontbethatguy
> tromoly
09/18/2014 at 21:45 |
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The hybrid guys are the best to be around at my school. And if you want to go hardcore carbon fiber you do solar car.
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Bandit
> BaconSandwich is tasty.
09/18/2014 at 21:51 |
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Fuck if I know, we just made a simple patch to a broken panel and the process was just like fiberglass.
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Bandit
> PatBateman
09/18/2014 at 21:51 |
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After I make carbon fibre T-top panels for my Trans Am
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BaconSandwich is tasty.
> Bandit
09/18/2014 at 22:47 |
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That works too, I suppose. :P
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tromoly
> dontbethatguy
09/19/2014 at 01:11 |
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Formula Hybrid has some messed up rulings as of late, was talking to a guy on one of the better teams who said it's basically better to go full electric than hybrid. I don't know the full details, it just always has seemed a bit like the red-headed stepchild.
Solar car is pretty neat, but the SAE Supermileage guys use a lot of carbon as well.
uofime
> BaconSandwich is tasty.
09/19/2014 at 11:44 |
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that looks like 2x2 twill 3k weight by the look of it.
resin is very much based on your process and intended part use. huntsman and momentive make good stuff. Momentive is more willing to ship reasonable quantities. Huntsman likes to sell 55gal drums...
on vacuum bagging: the perforated hose is usually only used when you do resin infusion, aka put dry carbon sheets in a mold and have the vacuum pull the resin into it after bagging.
usually when using wet cloth in the mold you use simpler vacuum ports (one or more depending on size and part geometry) with bleeder cloth.
all of this is just from my experience as the FSAE aero team leader at the University of Illinois a couple years ago
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BaconSandwich is tasty.
> uofime
09/19/2014 at 13:16 |
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Awesomeness. Thanks for sharing.
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dontbethatguy
> tromoly
09/19/2014 at 14:28 |
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Ive read through the rules pertinent to my subteam (aero) and they're a lot better than the new fsae rules. They changed the fsae aero rules in response to our schools fsae car.
We have fsae, hybrid, solar, supermileage, and baja (among others). Theres always carbon flying around somewhere. :)
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tromoly
> dontbethatguy
09/19/2014 at 16:28 |
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MRacing I presume? That car, from the instant I saw it, was wondering how long until it got banned.
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dontbethatguy
> tromoly
09/20/2014 at 20:17 |
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Hahaha i dont think you were the only one!! As we were watching it being built we were all wondering the same thing. I will say it was blazingly fast and sounded excellent.