charles.harbert wrote:

Charlie's drive shaft is not straight carbon fiber.  The core is an aluminum
tube.  It is wrapped with carbon fiber at a bias to make the tube much
stiffer in torsion.  This was done to raise the resonant frequency of the
drive line to above any problem frequency.   One more time:   Those aren't
rivets!

Tracy Crook

Tracy, thx for the explanation. What are they (screws), and what purpose do they
serve? Interesting combination.

 
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