By the way - one cosmetic thing people will probably be all over is CF (or even just paintable) roadster doors:
And I bet a tailgate conversion (drop down gate and swing-away tire) would be pretty popular too. That one would be a lot of engineering but I guarantee the first person to come up...
@EIGHTLUG @Lorenzo I'm just a fly on the wall at this point but one thing I think might aid this discussion is if we could get an idea of how the specific stiffness of your material compares to steel and aluminum alloys, since it seems like elastic deformation is the point of contention here.
How does the friction coefficient of jabroc/delignit against rock compare to steel skids? And are you planning on using that for your bash plates, or just straight carbon composite?
What's the difference between your thermally bonded carbon composite and, idk, autoclaved prepregs? (Not trying...
I haven't read the article because I already know everything (lol jk I just haven't had time) but I can vouch for the authors and quality of the content.
If it's anything like all the cars I've ever owned - they'll use that extra space for switch blanks 😅
Oh boy the permutations!
4 doors, 4 windows, 256 options!