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Re: Steel on a FRC Robot

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Originally Posted by JVN View Post
We rely on the strength of our cross sections rather than the strength of the material itself. If you do this correctly you can produce very light mechanisms made from very thin material that are extremely strong.

In my mind, the only reason to go a different route would be lack of resources.
Which is one of the factors that drives most teams to make their robots differently than team 148 does....