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Originally posted by Turnination Guy
I also read in that same thread that carbon fiber is CONDUCTIVE. Zero, you’ve been holding out on this thread.  The conductivity of carbon fiber is probably going to contribute very much to its corrosion process. Consider for the moment that we deliberately suspend these cars in an electromagnetic field (the transmitter’s radio waves), which gets amplified slightly by the receiver antenna (all antennas re-broadcast the original signal slightly), not to mention the high currents being fed to the motor (introducing more EMF); this is going to polarize the chassis, causing corrosion to occurr more frequently in one location than the others. Which means that the chassis goes bad even more quickly, because when one location goes, you may not be able to make repairs to it.
The same “Don’t panic!” policy applies, guys; we’re just trying to work this out so that our neat CF frames stay sturdy & purdy.
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I don't think it matters that much. As I said before, people have been using CF chassis in the bigger RCs for YEARS now, and I haven't heard any issues with the carbon corroding, or delaminating. I still stand by my original suggestion that you just put a small amount of epoxy or CA glue on any place where there might be exposed fibers (i.e. the edges and any holes) to protect it, and you will be fine.
As for the conductivity issue: I'd be more worried about the CF chassis causing interference between the Tx and Rx than the emissions causing the CF to fall apart. You're much more likely to break your chassis crashing because of a glitch than if it delaminated.