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Originally Posted by asid61
Very neat. Any idea on how one would build this?
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I have ideas. Part of the reason I CADed this was so that I could learn how to make it easier to manufacture. Team 2471 recently had a visit from a new sponsor who might have the resources to make this chassis. I used the information they gave us abut what is easiest for them to make, but that doesn't mean that it is optimized for ease of manufacture.
currently, it is made of five peaces. One C channel on each side, and a dropped center piece that would be vacuum molded into a "top hat" shape.
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Have you done any simulations to check the stress resistance compared to the "standard" aluminum chassis?
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No.
Based on the sample peaces I have seen from our sponsor, I think that this would be very strong.