[Gdeaver]

As this thread is showing composites is a deep subject. That is why I suggest that any teams that are interested in using composites should do the research and testing now. There is allot to learn and the build season is too short to perfect composite methods unless your team has a someone with experience. Every year I have mentor I have work a composite structure in some where on the bot to give the students an exposure to this important technology. I would like more teams to work this in to their robot too. A good start would be to take a 1' by 1' piece of 1/4" birch plywood and laminate 1 layer of 6 oz s glass on both sides and do some testing to see what this simple process does to the plywood. I can post some sites to help. If they like the results they can go from there. Get some fiber in your robot's diet.