Wednesday, October 21, 2009

#27 - Addressing failure

I have received a couple of requests to try and get a steeper drop transition than the one I came up with in #25. I actually had a lot of trouble getting much steeper with the equipment and materials I currently have. This is the best I could do.

It may look alright but there's actually a bit of cracking at the edges of the drops. This is the best of three test blanks and on a whim I decided to just finish it off and see if it'll stay together.

It's been skinned in so much carbon fiber and kevlar I doubt it'll ever break. You better believe that I'm going to try and find out though. The deck is very stiff, combined with the shorter wheelbase plus loose trucks and freeride wheels make for a very fun ride.