Canada's Supercar

[dentrecords]

Originally Posted by CZ-75

Where do you hook the Huskies?

It seems they overlooked quite a few critical details for life up here in the Arctic.

[skittleslegend]

Originally Posted by letsgoflyers81

You know, I don't get the CF frame. The body I can see, but I've never heard of a CF chassis before. Has anyone else done that?

The Koenigsegg CCR also has a carbon fiber frame. The CCX is largely a carryover of the CCR's CF frame. There are a ton of lightweight competition bicycles that have carbon fiber frames as well (the $15,000-30,000 ones).

Essentially, it's a called "carbon fiber laminate". The process involves pre-impregnating carbon fiber. Basically, the fiber (carbon fiber is a woven fabric) is pre-impregnated with epoxy, then rolled onto large spools and frozen to prevent the premature curing of the epoxy. It is then cut and hand-laid into whatever mold was built to produce the part, to the proper thickness and cured usually by vacuum bagging. Vacuum bagging involves pulling all of the vacuum air out of a large bag to pull all the layers laid down together as tight as possible. Think of it like a hand. Each individual finger is weak, but when you ball it into a fist, the whole hand is much stronger. Each individual layer is brittle or weak, but when combined with other layers, the whole thing becomes much more rigid and stronger. Sorta like Voltron or the Power Rangers .







The resulting laminate is 500% stiffer and stronger than steel.



This is how a carbon fiber frame is built. It's still a semi-monocoque design, but it's built with multiple layers of carbon fiber and epoxy. I think the CCR is built with 20-something layers of carbon. Crazy. That's why it costs so damn much.

[truflip]

Originally Posted by skittleslegend

Sorta like Voltron or the Power Rangers .

+rep for smart guys who explain
sorry skittles... </3

You must spread some Reputation around before giving it to skittleslegend again.

[marc-o-lishuz]

The master speaketh.

[skittleslegend]

Originally Posted by truflip

+rep for smart guys
sorry skittles... </3

You must spread some Reputation around before giving it to skittleslegend again.

That's ok, I do this stuff on the side. Just spreading the knowledge.


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