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Originally Posted by AeroModder
I like your idea, and I think your celebrity endorsement plan is a great way to get publicity. By just making a single prototype and brining it to car shows, all you're doing is exposing that single car, but by marketing it to sell, you're effectively creating a market for your product.
It definitely looks like you know what you're doing. My advice for down the road would be to look at redesigning the chassis with a simpler and easier to construct design. You may even want to look at a carbon fiber monocoque design. The race team I'm a member of is using a monocoque chassis for our mini-forumula with G10 inserts for the suspention and engine attachments, and we've found it works quite well.
One concern of mine is from the 3-wheeled design. I'm interested in seeing what kind of lateral forces it can withstand before rolling.
I'm looking forward to hearing the specs of the completed prototype! (Obviously, you can't get all the data Frank was asking for until you actually have it running.)
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Thank you for your comments.Yes i know the chassis design is labor intensive and an update will definately be helpful in saving even more wieght as well as speeding up build time.I have heard a few claims on lateral forces on this tadpole front drive configuration.One is 1.7g-hard to believe that one.Only time will tell in my case.I will try one of these performance evaluations on the car that Frank mentioned when i get some time.