This is not my car, I have no connection to the builder or seller, this is only offered as information.
Southampton SVA fails Robin Hood Lightweight for structural design.
This morning I received the failure sheet through the post.
I must stress there ARE some other failure points of my own silly doing
- none major, and certainly nothing that a leisurely weekend pottering
in the garage wouldn't rectify.
Listed below are the structural failures. Copied exactly off the failure sheet with examiners notes in brackets
FAILURE SECTION 5
A seat belt anchorage or the surrounding vehicle structure is of
inadequate strength and likely to fail. (No box section in areas of
seat belt mountings or associated component attachments, no
triangulation or bracing of thin panels, pop rivets used near seat belt
anchorage strengths.)
FAILURE SECTION 15.1
When driven, the safe control of the vehicle is or is likely to be
impaired due to design or construction feature or characteristic
(Monocoque has absence of structural box section in construction)
FAILURE SECTION 15.1
The vehicle structure is of inadequate strength and likely to fail
prematurely. (vehicle construction not considered to withstand forces
and vibration to which it is likely to be subjected to.)
FAILURE SECTION 15.1
A suspension unit anchor, shackle or attachment bracket of
inadequate strength and likely to fail prematurely. (All suspension
components in box sections bonded and fixed with pop rivets and self
tapping screws to main panels.)
So there we have it. A chassis built to the letter following RHSC build DVD's, with this as a result.
Trev.
>
http://locostusa.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=7815#7815
>http://community.rhocar.org/index.php?showtopic=12786&st=15
>http://www.locostbuilders.co.uk/viewthread.php?tid=50113&page=1
>http://www.robinhoodsportscars.com/kitrange.php
>http://www.coveland.com/motorsports/index.cfm?ID=61
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