Thread: M30?
View Single Post
  #1   Spotlight this post!  
Unread 18-08-2011, 13:31
Aren Siekmeier's Avatar
Aren Siekmeier Aren Siekmeier is offline
on walkabout
FRC #2175 (The Fighting Calculators)
Team Role: Mentor
 
Join Date: Apr 2008
Rookie Year: 2008
Location: 대한민국
Posts: 735
Aren Siekmeier has a reputation beyond reputeAren Siekmeier has a reputation beyond reputeAren Siekmeier has a reputation beyond reputeAren Siekmeier has a reputation beyond reputeAren Siekmeier has a reputation beyond reputeAren Siekmeier has a reputation beyond reputeAren Siekmeier has a reputation beyond reputeAren Siekmeier has a reputation beyond reputeAren Siekmeier has a reputation beyond reputeAren Siekmeier has a reputation beyond reputeAren Siekmeier has a reputation beyond repute
M30?

We are working on a minibot this offseason and have the opportunity to print the frame and other components out of some sort of plastic with a rapid prototyping company. We could do polycarbonate, but it would take significantly longer and be significantly weaker than an M30 option they've been telling us about. Does any one know exactly what this stuff is, if we could make a case for it being remotely related to polycarbonate, whether we should care about the rules for offseason purposes, etc.? My guess is that it probably won't pass as PC.