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Originally posted by Mimi Brown
hmm i would have to say my team's bot was pretty sweet b4 competitions started...if n e one saw our pit at pittsburgh...there was a huge pile of all the broken polycarb panels that we had on the bot.
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There seems to be a large misunderstanding amongst the FIRST community. If it was polycarb, it wouldn't have broken. You used acrylic which will shatter and crack like you wouldn't believe. Both materials look the same but differ greatly in chemical composition and performance. The original real strong stuff is GE Lexan; the rest that is very similar is referred to as polycarb. Acryilic is definitely not the same.
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Teacher/Engineer/Machinist - Team 696 Circuit Breakers, 2011 - Present
Mentor/Engineer/Machinist, Team 968 RAWC, 2007-2010
Technical Mentor, Team 696 Circuit Breakers, 2005-2007
Student Mechanical Leader and Driver, Team 696 Circuit Breakers, 2002-2004
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