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Originally Posted by Joe Ross
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Yes we did!
We started with an elongated octagon, but rounded the corners to better match the fiberglass fabrication. We figured that if we fell, we would like to bounce and not have to repair chassis damage.
We use fiberglass as our base medium, because we don't have a metal or wood shop to use, and have sponsors and mentors with composite experience. Fiberglass needs only scissors and spatulas for spreading epoxy. It also gives us a lot of volume to play with for locating components, as we design our chassis as a stressed skin.
We were not prepared for the mid-build clarification/change to the bumper rule that required us to block our center trough with the bumpers. By that point, we didn't have time to change the overall design for other purposes. We still got to make really cool (and light) curved bumpers, and got to be pretty good at defense, by the time our season ended.