McLaren Tech Club - Episode 21 - How to build a carbon fibre monocoque

In this week's episode of the McLaren Tech Club, Wes Jacklin - Plant Director at MCTC, describes how to build the carbon fibre monocoque that sits at the core of every McLaren.

[stevevrismo]

I just love how the Brits seem to compare everything to the weight of a double-decker bus -- almost as if there's no other standard measurement... "How much does your minature Poodle weigh exactly? Relative to a double-decker, I mean."

[Jpifr]

That's secret thing is stamping, and the process used is called RTM. For those who are interested in the "technique"
Amazing car, amazing company, love it.

[TheNick]

I like how you guys just posted this after Tavarish posted about fixing his 675LT's monocoque

[SJR_Media_Group]

When you said "Sheffield" the first thing that popped in my mind was not McLaren the car company, it was Def Leppard the rock band. I have been following McLaren from all the way back to Bruce McLaren, Racing, and then his first Supercar. It was a sad day in 1970 when Bruce died in a tragic freak accident.

Your company is the first hypercar manufacturer. Your first product was and still is one of a kind. Thank you for honoring Bruce's legacy.

[yelectric]

Thanks for showing the cool process and explaining it very well. It’s all beautiful

[vtommy]

Awesome, thanks. I was just thinking yesterday how cool it would be to see the whole process. I'd love to see how the 2D parts become 3D parts. Hopefully someone will document that in the future once it isn't so new and secret.

[yelectric]

It would be cool to see carbon foam of varying density for parts of the car, like bird bones.

[anasasif]

Pretty interesting mechanism process, my masters consists of a composites module and we had done this in the lab as well. Looking forward for more

[sergiodavid]

Me encanta este tipo de videos, te aportan cosas nuevas y aprendo lo que son las entrañas de un coche.

[rushilkisoon]

Who’s here after seeing Tavarish get his 675LT tub repaired?

[bbgt]

Does it remain hollow with eletric cables or is it somehow foamed afterwards?

[asiergutierrez]

Very interesting video, thanks for this introduction! I guess that the CFRP monocoque shown corresponds to "Monocage II".

[ohgodyehyou]

2:42 What are those white hub things your putting on the carbon used for?

[patrickfeuillet]

Fantastic video ! Thank you very much !

[chandrachurniyogi]

the upper part of the side lower sill on either side of front driver & front passenger side door could be a bit thinner, more streamlined in tune with the design architecture . . . that'll blend seamlessly with the rest of the McLaren carbon fiber monocoque chassis . . .

[MetikalMan]

This makes me wish that Mclaren would simplify their lineup of cars. They should be the absolute pinnacle of sports car quality and engineering. No more one off weirdos like Speedtail. Just a single model for each tier they have developed. Interested to see their next generation sports series. 6 cylinder hybrid.

[Intellechawwal]

"Force of about 100 double decker buses"
WHY CAN'T YOU MENTION IT IN SI UNITS WHAT THE FUCK. 😂😂😂

[obfuscurity]

Note that 2 sheets of paper do not weigh 150 grams. Unless those sheets of paper are MASSIVE.

[superfly]

No titaniun hard points. Galvanic issues?

[vsnvarmapenmetsa]

McLaren pioneer in carbon fibre technology