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Re: Has any team or anybody made a 80% - 100% lexan bot?

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Originally Posted by Max Lobovsky
I don't have any numbers off the top of my head, but I'm pretty sure lexan is horrible in most strength(tensile strength, etc)/weight ratios compared with aluminum. I'd venture to say a good quality plywood will even exceed polycarbonate.
I would tend to agree. It certainly has terrible performace/cost ratio. We only have about 900 extra dollars to spend on our bot every year, so every dollar counts.
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