STIFFY chassis assembly... final cut!

[Serum]

You are on the good way then. Only need to wait for a reply..

[zeropointbug]

Thanks for that Serum;

KK, I got a quote for machining these things, and it looks like one will be expensive, and over, say, a few reproductions, the cost would come way down to very affordable. I don't want to state the price on the forum here though, for obvious reasons.

But if I hear enough serious interest in one, I would like to go back and do a little more refining of the design, as people have said they would like 'upper servo mounts', and longer battery tray. I could also loose more weight if i had the time too.

Also, it will cost no more to make the bottom chassis plate from 7075 alloy than 6061. However, the cost is quite a bit higher for 6.25mm 7075 (chassis braces). I'll see what i can do though, and maybe i'll try testing 4.7mm (.1875") 7075?

Cheers

Zero

[zeropointbug]

What do you guys think if I used .1875" (4.7mm) for the chassis braces of 7075 alloy, instead of 6.25mm 6061 alloy. The weight went down to 68 grams versus 93 grams. I also went back to 2.25mm for the chassis plate, weight went from 140 grams, to 100 grams. So far, that shaved off 90 grams from the entire chassis, not bad. If i go back and make the profile of the braces bigger, then do some coring, it would prob be stronger, and lighter.

We'll see

Cheers

Zero