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Originally Posted by Damiaen_Florian
Was the only reason to switch the outer plates to polycarbonate because of the weight? Also let me say that the polycarbonate chassis aesthetically speaking is amazing as well
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We believe that the weight reduction was an attractive detail, so that made us switch the outer plates.
We wanted a square chasis because of the systems that we were prototyping and designing. If we use the AM14U by AndyMark, our team would need to have cut the plates and we didn't have the correct machines. Since 2010 Sabic Polymershapes Chile was one of our best sponsors and they are available to support us with materials and machining.
The polycarbonate is a special material, very strong and esthetically amazing. Because we had the oportunity to work with this material, we tried something new on the chassis, and the result was a strong and attractive chassis.