[Mr_D_Mentor]

Originally Posted by Jonathan Norris

The quickest way for you guys to lose weight would be to move to smaller nuts and bolts. My eyes see a lot of 1/4" bolts, which are usually overkill for FRC. I've removed over 30 lbs of 1/4" bolts from a robot before... you can replace 1/4" bolts with #10's, #8's, and rivets in most situations.

For an average length of 1.5", a 1/4" bolt weighs about .022 lb, so it would take about 1350 bolts to make 30 lb.