Unibody rules?!?!

[tubed-n-lubed]

Ok I have a rather technical question.

In the rules it makes mention of "unibody", what I am thinking of is a hand laid carbon fiber or fiberglass chassis using stainless nutserts for link & shock mounting with a separate skidplate & wanted to see if I am interpreting the rules correctly?

[tubed-n-lubed]

Or does the skid need to be part of the chassis as well?

Not having a removable skid would make it impossible to get a trans inside for what I am picturing.

[chracing]

2.1.3.2-UNIBODY- Constructed as a single piece of solid material(fiberglass, aluminum, plastic, etc) and must be self supporting. A unibody cannot be fastened together in any non-permanent way such as nuts & bolts, pins,rivets, zip ties, etc. The roof must be raised from the main chassis to resemble a cockpit and should resemble a 1:1 vehicle.


I take this to mean one single piece, including skid. Someone else step in if I am wrong.

[tubed-n-lubed]

That is how I take it as well but maybe I have never seem one because they would be so hard to build.

I am trying to figure out how to fit a R2DII trans inside without having the base shaped like a box or without a removable skid.

[chracing]

Maybe you can design it as to be able to jocky it in somehow. Unibody construction on full size vehicles--body and pan are one piece (unibody). I don't know any other way to interpret it. Sorry.............

[tubed-n-lubed]

but all unibodies have atleast a front subframe which houses the engine & trans as well as usally is the lower suspension mounts.

[chracing]

All suspension links and shocks can be mounted in the same manner as bodied and bodyless chassis. Most all 1:1 unibody chassis have a front clip or sub chassis. There are some that are designed with a front frame-work that is an integral part of the unibody. You will find this on some of the so-called super cars, which use all aluminum construction. This makes it a very rigid design for a high performance car.

[rockpiledriver]

I have asked for clarification in the USRCCA rules forum. I have not received a definative answer yet. The rules are vague on this.

[tubed-n-lubed]

Great hopefully we can get that cleared up as I have a few ideas but maybe I have not seem a unibody because it is unclear. Thanks for checking into it.

[tubed-n-lubed]

any word on this topic?

[rockpiledriver]

Well not really. What I can tell you is this. Both examples of "uni-body" rigs that were used to make the rules both had skid plates that were NOT permentantly attached to the rest of the uni-body.

[chracing]

I guess just follow the spirit of the rules and make it with removable skid !!!

[DONHUGHES]

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