I admire your time, patience, and dedication to your project. Most would have just paid the price to find a replacement frame at cost. One thing that comes to mind from research from a frame I put together years ago is using tube over slugs in the splices. Slugs will create a shear point where tube will just distort and bend if stressed. Just a thought. Looking forward to seeing the final result of all your hard work.
I agree with you in terms of using tube vs. solid splice pins. They do have different bending characteristics and it’s better not to create a “hard spot” in the middle of a length of tube. Past couple months recovering from hand surgery so not much got done. A friend of mine is going to loan me a couple sets of crankcases so I can do some more testing on motor fit.
I admire your time, patience, and dedication to your project. Most would have just paid the price to find a replacement frame at cost. One thing that comes to mind from research from a frame I put together years ago is using tube over slugs in the splices. Slugs will create a shear point where tube will just distort and bend if stressed. Just a thought. Looking forward to seeing the final result of all your hard work.
I agree with you in terms of using tube vs. solid splice pins. They do have different bending characteristics and it’s better not to create a “hard spot” in the middle of a length of tube. Past couple months recovering from hand surgery so not much got done. A friend of mine is going to loan me a couple sets of crankcases so I can do some more testing on motor fit.