The wheel fairings.
A long, long time ago we made a set of wheelfairings with gelcoat and heavy cloth. Result 9 kg of wheel fairings…..
so we decided to make new ones from CF(carbon fiber)
This is how we did it.
We made a template of the mold, so we can perfectly see the 45 degree in the cloth. We planned to use 2 layers
of CF 180 gr. and at the attachment point an extra 3rd layer.
While the cloth was still wet, we removed as much as possible resin out of the cloth with a spatula.
Put the 2 layers on 45 degree in the mold and cut it very close to the edge.
The other half is cut at one inch of the edge, folded back, connect the 2 molds together. Then folded the big one
over the small one, so there is a good connection with the 2 parts.
The 2 parts together with peelply.
One wheel pant (or head) is 0.35 kg.
2 main and one nose fairing. Total weight about one kg. I think we have saved a lot of weight.
Installed the fairing with a mounting plate. The space between the wheel and the fairing is about one inch.
To attach the outer base plates to the wheel axle we welded a cress u-formed profile on the nut. We copied
this ( system) from Mark Langford. (thanks for the tip)
Final result.
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