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Re: Building the Element

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Originally Posted by Davis Racing View Post
I plan to help build the pyramid so I did a little reading today. I noticed the team drawing design and the competition design have minor differences in specifications. The team drawing calls for 1 1/4" pipe (1.66 o.d.) with a 60 degree pyramid angle while the competition design calls for 1 1/2" tubing (1.5" o.d. plus powder coating) with a 68 degree pyramid angle. So, which design will we build!!!
Tentatively, I would say go for building with 1.5" 68 degree angle simply because that is what is defined in the game manual, which therefor means what would be on the field. If your robot isn't too dependent on the thickness of the piping, then you can go 1.25" tubing (I haven't done any research on this yet so I dunno if going smaller would cut costs or not.).
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