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Re: Defence on the High Goal?

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Originally Posted by JamesCH95 View Post
A 2inx2inx0.125in square aluminum tubing would be wild overkill and won't bend or break. You could easily find a few dozen other OTS material solutions that would also suffice.
True, but since it does not bend, all of the ball's energy will transfer right into your frame. Will your bot tip over? With some reasonable assumptions I think you could do a nice Physics inelastic collision calculation here.