OBR Newsletter – February 2014
Chassis Manufacture Begins With the flat chassis panels arriving back from Codem Composites at the end of January, the team officially moved into the manufacturing phase for the year.
Matt weighs the chassis down while it is bent around the edge of the workbench
At the beginning of the month the chassis manufacture started with the floor panel, closely followed by the RHS and LHS chassis panels. The chassis team have been flying through the build so far, and once each of the panels were popped out of the jigs we were pretty happy with the shapes and alignment of each panel overall. We saved another 0.3kg and increased the access to the engine bay by making the cut-outs into the rear of the side panels. This will hopefully further increase our chances of reaching the <30kg weight target for the chassis overall. After doing some test fits and gaining some helpful tips from Luke Evans of RBR we were able to join the side panels together, and most recently we have installed the machined aluminium rear bulkhead into the rear chassis.
Rear bulkhead curing into the rear of the chassis