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Re: [FRC Blog] Kit Hints?

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Originally Posted by jee7s View Post
This doesn't quite add up...at least not for aluminum extrusions that Rev sells. A 3"x3"x60" package that weighs 6lb has an average density of 0.011 lb/in3. If that object is made of aluminum (nominal density 0.0975 lb/in3), then it would have to be about 90% air. Even 1"x1" square aluminum tubing with 1/16" wall would be about double that density. But, a large post with a thin wall could make those numbers work. Or even aluminum extrusion with a lot of packing material. Or wiffle balls, or wiffle bats, or any of a number of things that this thread has already mentioned.
I didn't say the weight thing added up, just that it was interesting that the Co-Founder of a company that sells extrusions suggested that it could be building material, ie extrusion.

As I've said before I do not believe in any way shape or form that FIRST would put something in a box that will make it more difficult, expensive and damage prone to ship just to troll CD. Honestly they have better things to spend time and money on. What ever is in the box if it is indeed in a box is in that size of box because it won't fit in a box that is easier to ship.
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