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Re: pic: Lightweight swerve Chassis

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Originally Posted by Jared View Post
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.
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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