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Old 06-12-2006, 01:30 AM
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Nicadrauspro4
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Originally Posted by T. Deguzman
For this application, specifically R/C car suspension arms, the carbon material we use is superior to Delrin. However, it's only available in injection molding form whereas Delrin can be bought in billets which can then be machined. So for prototype purposes, we just have to settle for delrin and tell our drivers to please not crash.
This topic about delrin is a bit confusing...

I replaced my outdrives from the stock graphite plastic to delrin. Because they say that delrin is much tougher than the graphite plastic, and yes, more expensive. So, which is a better material for outdrives and why?

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