Anyone got any experience in this??

Especially when it comes to carbon composites and honeycomb carbon tubs, Not much information publicised due to confidentiality agreements etc and there appears to be little technical reference books on the matter either.

Only seems to be a few kit cars or low volume bodyshells out there in GRP where the details of thier make up are widely known.

Nothing in the hypercar or race world is easily available.

NOw obviously i can just in essence copy a proven design, rejig it for my chosen platform then re-run Finite element analysis and CAD testing on it, but thats not really the best approach as it rather design it from scratch using "industry common" approaches matched for my objectives rather than bodge someones design.


Also does anyone know of any specific legal implications for IVA kit car registration?? the manual is deliberately vague and the only formal inspection of a chassis design is to check it appears substantial enough for the job in hand. And thats by a IVA inspector with no specific chassis construction knowledge. Are there any unwritten rules or guides that need to be kept to in terms of getting it registered??

I know GTM and murtaya have done several composite monococques with no problems but it wouldnt surprise me if an IVA man suddenly became cagey if i said "i designed and made it"

Also anyone know if there are any specific MSA or FIA rulings for reinforment plates for harnesses and bolt in Rollcage mountings on composite chassis? Want to design in the appropriate inserts from the start so it can be CAD modelled accurately.