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Re: What materials do you most commonly use on your robots?
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Originally Posted by BurkeHalderman View Post
The 1" square profile, at .59lbs/ft is barely heavier than a 1" square, 1/8" wall aluminum tube at .524lbs/ft. So no it is not heavy. If you use 80/20 with an absurd amount of gussets then yes your robot is going to be heavy, if used properly it is not heavy.
I have never seen a team use .125 thick 1" tubing. Everyone I've seen (including our team) uses .0625 (1/16") wall thickness, which, without running numbers (or Google-ing), should end up roughly 1/2 that weight per foot.
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