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Originally Posted by Rick TYler
Upon sober reflection, I'm with Max. How about forgetting composites for this year and just making your claw out of steel or aluminum? I think there are real advantages to composites for some parts of the robot, but I wasn't thinking it through. I have a certain down-and-dirty understanding of amateur composites from two years of home-boat building. If you are starting from scratch and don't have any epoxy/glass/etc expertise on your team you'd be better off to save it for next year.
Sorry for (maybe) steering you wrong. I answered the question you asked without thinking about whether or not you might have been asking the wrong question -- or at least asking a really adventurous question. (Hey, I'm the guy who wanted to base our whole game strategy on a material that no on else on our team understands.)
It would have been a great Week One question, I think. You can learn more about Divinycell here.
Good luck!
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well, we finished it this week. i guess we have decided that we would build a composite of some sort w/alluminum sides
thanks for your help (and we do, by the way, have people experienced with this composite dealie).