Broke my front bulkhead. Should I invest in aluminum parts or just get another plastic one?

[Caiden Escalante]

My front bulkhead in my eb410.2 broke due to the carbon fiber steering top plate ripping off the plastic that it screws into. The aluminum aftermarket parts are a little more expensive, but I don’t want to waste money buying the plastic one again and again if it’s going to continue breaking. Any insight on this?

 

[nub]

Plastic. Consider it a mechanical fuse. Something has to break or bend.

Who makes an aluminum bulkhead for the EB410?

 

[Billl DeLong]

The bulkhead design was one of the main reasons I went away from both EB410 and ET410 designs. Back when I used to race both platforms I took advantage of the 50% warranty deal and would combine all my broken parts together to ship in when my spares would get low:
https://www.teknorc.com/warranty-repair/

If there's such a thing as an aluminum bulkhead then that would be a no brainer to get, that wasn't an option for me at the time.

 

[Caiden Escalante]

ProStarRC makes an aluminum front and rear bulkhead, here’s the link on eBay.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/145438945779

They also make a carbon fiber chassis brace that goes all the way along the top to supposedly prevent bulkheads from breaking.

 

[nub]

Who makes an aluminum bulkhead for the EB410?

ProStar

 

[Caiden Escalante]

Plastic. Consider it a mechanical fuse. Something has to break or bend.

Who makes an aluminum bulkhead for the EB410?

I really like your explanation. I did buy my eb410 used, as a slider, so I’ll give it a chance with brand new plastics and if those have an issue, then I’ll maybe look into aluminum. I’ll also keep my broken parts to send to Tekno. Really good example