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Re: paper: 2014 HOT Tech Notes
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Originally Posted by AdamHeard
This is all conjecture, but it looks like your chassis might have the ability to twist some vertically.
I've had a running theory for a while that a chassis such as that gets shoved into the carpet a bit odd under high defensive forces, contributing to the "locking up" affect.
Any thoughts?
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Never thought about it that way. I would guess no, since the entire upper structure tubing was mounted through the chassis so I doubt there was much flex in the drivetrain. We had an issue during the build season where the claw was misaligned to the frame....it was almost impossible to flex the frame and upper structure to straighten it. We had to seperate components to get any movement.
But, anything is possible we've never looked at a corner to corner stiffness in the vertical direction.
My honest opinion is that we put ourselves in bad positions during the match which lead to a lot of easy t-bones for the defense.
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