As everyone is quite aware of, brakes are a serious component on a car.
The reason we haven't gone live yet is as much to do with the logistics of business as it is the validation by 3rd party testing, both for safety and also for durability. Because we are making such a fundamental leap away from the status quo (cast-iron), we have to be certain that the product can tolerate the environment that they get subjected to. Even above and beyond the SAE/DOT standards that "normal" brake system components are required to pass. Our market is performance, both strip and track, so we are putting in our due diligence as such.
So, with that said, we won't consider actually having anyone be a true "beta-tester", or any kind of test mule for that matter. When our rotors get released for consumption you can rest assured that they have been thoroughly tested, above and beyond what you can buy at the Consumer level.*
*personal note: When this business plan was first conceived back in 2018, MY very first thought was about how a comparatively small corporation could safeguard it's customers. The idea of "touching" something like a brake component in today's society nearly killed the project before it launched. So it's with that philosophy that we move forward in the way we do. We hope you'll have that in mind as we might tend to get excited about a milestone and as a result bring some tiny bit of news to the forum, but then languish in yet more testing and CAPEX.
*Another note: A positive side affect of the time line drawing out is that the technology to manufacture these rotors continues to move from bleeding edge towards commodity level fabrication, which at least helps with market pricing. This method will never be on the same level as a cast rotor, but that's the price of performance.
So, having split that hair between "testers" and "sponsorships" more finely than it needed to be, the "good" news...
We absolutely plan to have a small handful of initial sponsorships, and in fact have already contacted and confirmed 3 forum members in the two disciplines that we want to penetrate. And there will be more, not only initially, but also in the future as we move forward.
Look for some papers that we will publish here on the forums in our Vendor section. We're going to be addressing some of the unique aspects of our rotors. As we like to say around the office, "Get ready to relearn what you know about rotors."
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