Super Jet Homemade Ride Plate???

[Tmart]

Anybody made their own ride plate out of just spare aluminum at their house or somethin? I would like to see if it works. This possible?

 

[snowxr]

If you have a press brake, I'm sure you could make a ride plate. That's how Rend used to make theirs.

 

[Waternut]

A composite rideplate is much easier and the required tooling to do it right is 1000x cheaper.

 

[SXIPro]

Christ you can get a used stock plate for 25 bucks.....

 

[WFO Speedracer]

Christ you can get a used stock plate for 25 bucks.....

I think corrugated tin would make a groovy rideplate. ancake:

 

[Tmart]

haha thats funny...they're nowhere to be found for sale

 

[WFO Speedracer]

Its called a WTB post, you should try it sometime.

 

[Tmart]

thanks for the info

 

[RnR-Negro]

i have a d cut fiberglass rideplate i made for my blaster

 

[D-Roc]

stock plates are easy to bust. make a fiberglass/carbon copy of one and it will have the needed flex to not explode.

 

[Mark44]

I don't know how you guys are braking stock ride plates?

Mark44

 

[WFO Speedracer]

Backwards lawn darts would be my guess

 

[motozachl]

stock plates are easy to bust. make a fiberglass/carbon copy of one and it will have the needed flex to not explode.

If i were to copy an AM one just out of fiberglass it would be strong enough?

 

[Mark44]

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If i were to copy an AM one just out of fiberglass it would be strong enough?

Not if you can break a stock plate.

 

[Waternut]

Man I've been riding hard for about 4 years now and I haven't even seen a broken ride plate from any of my friends. From a materials stand point, aluminum is more capable of withstanding impacts that composites and let's be totally honest....you aren't going to break a metal ride plate by hitting water.

To the OP...a friend in Atlanta is looking to make a mold of his ride plate. It's not difficult.

 

[rubbertoe]

i like the idea of corrugated ,built in chines .jk.. if i were good with fiberglass it doesn't sound to hard.but i would really rather go to work and purchase one from someone who does this for a living or go used ,than go thru the learning curve..just saying..oh and broken plates are you kidding me???

 

[D-Roc]

i have shattered stock plates from water impacts, usually from landings in away that pulls the plate off the bottom of the hull. once i made a composite one that is about 1/4" thick, no problems. I have seen lots of people break the stockers and other cast plates.

 

[Matt_E]

I have broken a stocker from a water impact and a buddy of mine has as well

 

[D-Roc]

here is a $$$$ plate that got smoke on impact with water, you see you gotta go big to wreck stuff and then you will understand why and how they can break.