carbon fiber thickness

[Urgeoner]

Some local guy where I live has a little bit in his auto body repair shop.
4mm I'll try that.
Byte you tried breaking 2.5mm carbon fiber? how big was the piece and how did you try to break it?

Originally Posted by Urgeoner

Some local guy where I live has a little bit in his auto body repair shop.
4mm I'll try that.
Byte you tried breaking 2.5mm carbon fiber? how big was the piece and how did you try to break it?

The piece was very small like 5x80mm, it already had some "splittering" on both sides. I tried it with my hands lol, I was very surprised about the strength.

I think 3mm should be ok, but 4mm will definitely be beter :)

[nativepaul]

I used 3.5mm for the chassis and shock towers of my project and 2mm for everything else, subjectively the 3.5mm seems about as strong as the 3mm 7075 it replaced but significantly lighter.