[Adam.garcia]

Originally Posted by AdamHeard

1/16th G-10/FR4 garolite. Used it 2009, 2010 and 2012. It's very strong stuff and cuts very easily with hand tools. Tensile strength is greater than most aluminum alloys, and the bellypan in tension is really the loading that matters.

Aluminum bellypans are AWESOME, but are a substantial time and resource sink. I recommend any team that isn't already building 5-star robots to focus their time and resources on something other than a pocketed aluminum bellypan. The runtime on a bellypan for a 2d sponsor can cut several gearboxes, etc...

They sure are cool though

I completely agree. I am still unsure whether we are going to create the WCD custom Bellypan or just use a sheet of garolite or ABS. Do you know the densities of each? I cannot seem to find those numbers.