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Originally Posted by jwfoss
Thanks for the update. We'll order another set when it is available. Is there anything in the works to provide a "wide" or a "square" version of the chassis under the 112" rules?
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For the Average Joes, the Vexpro 2013 drive-in-a-day chassis was a great learning tool.
It was really nice of Vexpro to post some details of their drive-in-a-day frame elements. My team wanted a wide version, so we adapted their design and had it made by our sheet metal sponsor. (If Vexpro had offered a wide version we would have just bought that, saving our sponsor's time for another part of the robot.)
Adapting Vexpro's design was much faster than working out our own from scratch. More than that, we probably would not have been confident enough of our sheet metal design skills to go with 0.090" if we were designing from scratch. Now that we've seen a design cycle (including complete practice and competition 'bots for 2013) we will be much more comfortable designing our own sheet metal structures next season.
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