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Originally Posted by freebeard
I'm thinking of a rectangular sheet with triangular cutouts to give a diamond-shaped chassis with arms that reach to the center on the sides. The plywood is available in vertical grain, the way it's used in balsa/fiberglass composites; and with choices of 1/4, 1/2 or 3/4" thickness the width might be 2-6". Wrapped in fiberglass?
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Wood makes a good core for fiberglass springs, so if you add strategically oriented unidirectional tapes, you get a lot more great possibilities. However, anything resembling a swing axle usually has a very high roll center and produces bad scrub on bumps.