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Originally Posted by Chowmaster4695
Just wondering, was there a reason your team chose to use plates and standoffs, as opposed to a more traditional approach using tubing? It seems like using plates and standoffs is more difficult to manufacture, potentially heavier, and significantly weaker. Just my .02$. Chow out.
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Plate, at least with 125's resources, is far easier to work with. We can do tube but it's 4 ops to lighten that as opposed to the 3/16" plate we used in our DT where we machine plates for both sides of the bot at the same time. (
video) Our drive frame hasn't had any problems through nearly 20 matches at Groton (lots of replays) Nor has our intake which was built using a similar technique.
Can't speak for OP though.