Thread: Over Weight?
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Re: Over Weight?

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Originally Posted by Hawiian Cadder View Post
We removed substantial weight with 3/16 drill holes this year, almost 8000 in total. There are also about 500 2 inch diameter holes on our robot. Total weight savings were something like 10LBS, I guess it worked as this is our lightest robot in years.
At 10 seconds per hole, that's 22 hours to save 2.5lbs (assuming 1/8 in alluminum). Why would you spend that much time lightening an already light robot?

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