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Originally Posted by Chris is me
This is a great example of a member where tubing or C-channel would do a far, far better job than flat plate and standoffs. All of your strength is on the wrong axis, and you have very little resistance to bending.
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Which is why our chassis is made of the old C-channel kitbot (2005-era that you can get from VexPro). And why we bolted a piece of C-channel to our flat plate on the intake.
And most everything else is 80/20. And it weighs <90 lbs.
Funny since it's been described as "heavy as elephants".