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talking about laser sintered flanges mounted to a carbon tube (like a chub hub)
Isn't the point of the chub hub that the huge body makes it really torsionally rigid to get better torque transfer to the NDS? Could you produce some sort of large diameter tube or webbing between the flanges?
Also, just to check, are the spoke holes in that drawing offset between the DS and NDS. It's diffiult to tell, but they look like they're lined up, which wouldn't work (although this isn't a problem if you can bond it to the centre tube in any rotational position).
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ok, so when i said i was in a hurry, i wasnt kidding!
just finished the concept font hub:
were talking about laser sintered flanges mounted to a carbon tube (like a chub hub). itll also have a carbon fiber axel and Ti bolts.
I was actually thinking of making the flanges hollow and really thick, just to make them look weird.
the cool thing about the model i made is its parameterised. i can change any dimension within the model by changing the parameter in my script, then rebuilding which takes a few seconds.
a few things i decided on: spoke PCD is 73mm, like the mack superlights. that way, when this hub breaks, i can replace it with a mack without having to buy new spokes. ive also based it around the same bearings as the mack super lights use.
next step in the process will be calculating the weight, and stress analysis. this is a job for tomorrow evening though.
if anyone has any input, id really appreciate hearing it. you guys probably know more about htis than me ;)