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In reality, everything is bendable. If another robot hit you head on, both robots at top speed, with a corner, yes even 30x30 bosch will bend. My team used 20X20 bosch, and we only bent our back bar durning regionals. 30x30 bosch is ok, but it's too heavy and too strong. You don't need it to be that strong
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I get it now. You actually did not bend the metal bar but the corner got pushed back where the gusset is. It really is not that hard to do that.
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I am one of those people that will never be convinced that plywood is an acceptable building material for any teams that have an alternative. Plywood is not a very sturdy base to be mouting big, heavy objects on, such as arms, which would be moving back and forth, while flexing the plywood. If you have metal, use it! It is really not that hard to work with and offers a much stronger and more secure surface for mounting stuff.
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Plywood is not the building material we are talking about. I agree with you plywood is an really stupid idea. Something more thicker and more dense will work much better like my team used. Wood is a very good construction material for a robot as long as you are not going to send it into Battlebots.
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Last edited by Adam Y. : 06-09-2003 at 09:24.
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