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Unread 14-12-2004, 01:12
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Re: Has any team or anybody made a 80% - 100% lexan bot?

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Originally Posted by Travis Covington
The only other benefit I can think of is thermal and electrical conductivity (or lack thereof.
Well if I remember correctly--
The tkats used that mean arm as a "stiffarm" to prevent teams from getting onto the puck. Perhaps they wanted a "flexy" arm that would give a little bit when it was under "stress". This would protect their gearboxes from damage.

Best guess...

John
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Last edited by JVN : 14-12-2004 at 01:26. Reason: it's a puck, not a platform... silly me!
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