Carbon fiber driveshaft sc410

[TeknoCarbon]

Sc410 carbon fiber driveshaft

 

[Overkill]

Cool, what's the weight?

 

[WoodiE]

Looks neat but I wonder about it's durability.

 

[TBuggy]

Interesting...where are these coming from, are you making them?

 

[Billl DeLong]

how do you keep it straight so it doesn't rub on the chassis braces?

 

[TeknoCarbon]

5mm OD. 3mm ID. Dragon fiber carbon, Just fabbed it up the other day, gonna do some testing on a 6s setup. Used the same epoxy they use on automotive carbon fiber shafts. Epoxy is good for 1200hp. As for weight I'll weigh it tommarow at work compared to the aluminum tekno shaft and post the difference.

 

[TeknoCarbon]

12 grams stock shaft
8 grams carbon fiber shaft

 

[TeknoCarbon]

how do you keep it straight so it doesn't rub on the chassis braces?

The OD. Of the CF shaft is 1mm smaller and hardly any flex compared to the solid aluminum.

Interesting...where are these coming from, are you making them?

Yes if they work well in testing I will make 20 more

Cool, what's the weight?

4 grams lighter than aluminum shaft

 

[TeknoCarbon]

If testing goes well on 6s I will make 20 more.
More carbon fiber parts being made as we speak.
Chassis
A-Arms
Battery mounts
Skid plates
Center diff carriers
Motor mount
Upper steering brace

 

[TeknoCarbon]

Chassis machined today

 

[Overkill]

Looks good, are you able to make the front kickup in the chassis? What about the battery tray area?

 

[TeknoCarbon]

Looks good, are you able to make the front kickup in the chassis? What about the battery tray area?

Looks good, are you able to make the front kickup in the chassis? What about the battery tray area?

I can make the small wedge spacer to provide the correct angle like the factory chassis. But I run mine flat with another rear diff case in the front. I'm running this as a dirt modified on a clay oval. Ran flat front last season and luv the way it negotiates the corner entry. And as for the battery tray this is a mirror copy out of carbon fiber, so both battery tray and electronics tray still go on. Sorry not fully assembled in the pic.

 

[TeknoCarbon]

Carbon fiber 410.3

 

[TeknoCarbon]

Carbon fiber 410.3

 

[TeknoCarbon]

Carbon fiber 410.3

 

[TBuggy]

That looks like you shed some weight, that's for sure! Whats the chassis weight difference?

 

[devnull]

Huh. I was toying with something similar in concept for a build I'm working on where I haven't found a 8mm x 162mm dogbone I need. Bought some 6mm OD x 4mm ID carbon fiber tubing, 3M DP420 epoxy adhesive and cut the ends off an HPI dog bone. There's some space (about a half millimeter) between the OD of the dog bone shaft and ID of the tube, so I should be able to get plenty of glue in the gap.

I'm still trying to figure out how to center the dog bone ends in the tube while the glue is drying. I've thought about wrapping a single strand of wire around the dog bone. I'll think of something. Will get around to finishing it in the not too distant future.

 

[TeknoCarbon]

Huh. I was toying with something similar in concept for a build I'm working on where I haven't found a 8mm x 162mm dogbone I need. Bought some 6mm OD x 4mm ID carbon fiber tubing, 3M DP420 epoxy adhesive and cut the ends off an HPI dog bone. There's some space (about a half millimeter) between the OD of the dog bone shaft and ID of the tube, so I should be able to get plenty of glue in the gap.

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I'm still trying to figure out how to center the dog bone ends in the tube while the glue is drying. I've thought about wrapping a single strand of wire around the dog bone. I'll think of something. Will get around to finishing it in the not too distant future.

If you watch how carbon fiber driveshaft for cars are built it's not about the amount of epoxy you can get in there, it's about the amount of press you can get on the piece that you are pushing into the carbon fiber tube. I was able to achieve a half a thousandth press.

 

[Owacle]

Oh my gosh thats a LOT of beautiful carbon fiber! I need to get a truck first, but then I'll immediately start switching parts to CF! Insane!

 

[Owacle]

My truck should arrive tomorrow or the day after and ALL I can think is: “how do I get that cf driveshaft!?”
Are You selling them?