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Originally Posted by Jeffel
like last year our frame is made out of Chromali. Light as aluminum but much stronger... although very expensive.. i dont even know how we paid for all of it but thats what were using this year for the frame and the prototype made now also has the arm made out of that.... we need as light as possible because of all the weight from our pneumatics. we have 3 or 4 pistons to run through out the match so its gonna be heavy
last year we used triangular aluminum for our telescopic arm... idk if any of you noticed our robot last year? midwest champs? #269
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Tell me more about this material. One of the kids on our team has a dad that manages a composites manufacterur. So we have been looking at some different things including carbon fiber and some other composites. Please weight is always a problem for us and we cannot afford to use alluminum this year. This is why i created this thread was to see some different composites and alloys.