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Originally Posted by pilleya
General warning about Plexi-glass.
Plexi-glass AKA acrylic and is rather prone to cracking and breaking. If your resources allow it I would try and use Polycarbonate it'll be easier to work with, last longer and will be pretty much unbreakable for what your doing with it.
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Yeah our team learned the hard way
we used plexiglass for our electronics board and belly pan for our first competition this year and boy did that get MESSED UP! The bottom of our robot was mostly duct tape by the time we were done with qualifications
We will now use aluminum or poly carb for a belly pan. Acrylic is good for a driver station tho because it is supported by the extrusion rods. Never cracked on us yet and works well. Use it for decoration and NOT for support/ for anything weight bearing!!!