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attachment of a composite shell to a spaceframe chassis
Article by Peter Augenbergs
created 1/15/2003
submitted 1/15/2004 12:06:21 PM
traditonally, its not easy to attach a 6'x16' body to a frame that is not much bigger than a 6' tall person, and have it hold up at highway speeds. outlined below is how the MIT Solar Electric Vehicle Team attaches the aerobody/array to the chassis.
B2B shell_1
Photo by eloy avila
created 5/7/2003
submitted 5/7/2003 06:56:12 PM
Here the Back2Back Burner shells are attached to each other. It is important to consider how the shells will attach when having the molds made early on.
Adjusting Frame Position in Body
Photo by David Johnson
created 6/21/2003
submitted 7/31/2003 06:33:17 PM
The position of the frame was aligned carefully with respect to the outer shell using a level and tape measures. We were able to position it to within 1mm of its CADed location by measuring diagonals to the edges of the body from all vertices of the frame.
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