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Re: is fiberglass legal to use on a first robot?

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Originally Posted by ngreen
We used fiberglass unistrut on this years robot for the elevator lift and arm. Great material. Saved us a ton of weight and stong enough in testing to hold at least 4-5 tetras at 5-6 feet or at least one mentor trying to break it. Look at 1108 Teaser #1 and #2 to see our fiberglass or I'm sure you can find a competition picture somewhere.
Please keep in mind the different types of strengths. While it can take weight consider that if they make something like their entire frame out of this they might want a padding to keep from chipping and splintering.
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