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Re: Construction materials
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Originally Posted by Andrew Blair
Titanium is not all it's cracked up to be, at least from a FIRST aspect. Its extremely strong, but so is steel. Titanium is almost twice as heavy as aluminum. I can have the bragging aspect of making a bullet resistant robot, but if someone is coming into a competition and shooting my robot, I have more important things to worry about!

Check this PDF out: http://www.engr.ku.edu/~rhale/ae510/titanium.pdf
But isnt steel almost twice as heavy as titanium?

190 used titanium shafts for a lot of stuff last year, as well as some 1/16 or 3/32 plate for protecting some parts.. Definitally helps cut down the weight - I don't have exact #'s but I would estimate it saved atleast 3-4 lbs.