Body Chassis Type

Body Chassis Type

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The chassis is the under body of the vehicle, to which the upper body is mounted on along with the wheels & the rest of the vehicle.

Ladder Chassis:

The top picture is known as the ladder chassis, these were designed in the early 60's & used on nearly all automotive vehicles.

Advantages - Just that these are cheap & are easy to produce.

Disadvantages - Because the middle part of the this structure is very low compared to other designs & makes it very hard to deal with the heavy loads or bumps.

Backbone Chassis:

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The backbone consist's of long tubular centre piece to join the front rear suspension together. The picture above is of a double backbone chassis, instead of a round centre piece it has two solid rectangular pieces join the front & back!

Advantages - Strong enough for small sport cars & is easy to produce & cheap.

Disadvantages - This design is unfortunately not safe in a crash, The back bone does not provide protection against side impact crash

Tubular Space Frame:

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Tubular space frame consist of many circular sections of tubes & can also consist of of square shaped ones. The square shaped tubes are made to join sections together easier & the circular tubes are designed for maximum strength. Having so many cross section gives the space frame strength all round.

Advantages - Very strong in every direction.

Disadvantages - Its very complex & costly time consuming to be built.