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Re: Floppy Drawbridges

I knew it was polycarbonate and was a little surprised to see how much bending there was in Week 0 events.

We replaced our plywood door with polycarbonate today and tested. Our drawbridge isn't a perfect analogue for the field, but I think it's pretty close.

Our mechanism still works okay. In reality, I think the flexibility of the polycarbonate makes it a bit more reliable. We don't need to be quite as gentle and deliberate about how we go about lowering it.
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