View Single Post
  #6   Spotlight this post!  
Unread 10-01-2012, 13:36
Phyrxes's Avatar
Phyrxes Phyrxes is offline
Has done the math, have you?
AKA: Dave Button
no team (No Team, Changed Schools)
Team Role: Teacher
 
Join Date: Dec 2007
Rookie Year: 2007
Location: Gainesville VA
Posts: 489
Phyrxes has a brilliant futurePhyrxes has a brilliant futurePhyrxes has a brilliant futurePhyrxes has a brilliant futurePhyrxes has a brilliant futurePhyrxes has a brilliant futurePhyrxes has a brilliant futurePhyrxes has a brilliant futurePhyrxes has a brilliant futurePhyrxes has a brilliant futurePhyrxes has a brilliant future
Re: Bridge material question

Quote:
Originally Posted by Peter Matteson View Post
FYI
The bridge surface is lexan not HDPE. The key is HDPE.
The offical FIRST field drawings say its HDPE. But in the video tour of the bridge they call it polycarbonate.

For what its worth a 48 inch by 48 inch sheet of 1/16th hdpe is about $20 from McMaster + shipping.
__________________
Dave Button
Physics and Mathematics Teacher
Wakefield School
The Plains, VA

“Simplify and add lightness.”
― Colin Chapman, Team Lotus