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Re: pic: Lightweight swerve Chassis
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Originally Posted by Jared
I'd be a little scared of the 1/16th wall tube for your drive base. We used 1/8th last year, and we had a strong one piece bumper protecting it, and we managed to bend our front a little bit. I would imagine that the damage would have been a lot worse if we had thinner wall thickness.
That said, I doubt next year's game will involve so much ramming, so you might be able to get away with it.
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Thanks for the advise. That's something that would have to be decided after the game is announced.
I think that this chassis would be fine in most games because the extrusions would have strong gussets, and a large belly pan to support them.
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