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Originally Posted by DjAlamose
If this doesn’t work then take off some features or remove the least necessary structural supports (not advised). Just drill holes until it looks like Swiss. You wont be the only one!
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Indeed, two years ago our teams bot arrived in Manchester completed but very overweight (it was 20 lbs to start with right before crating, but losing a major part of our arm dropped us to 7 lbs overweight). 7 lbs is a lot to lose if you don't have obvious parts to remove. A large fraction of pit day was spent shedding weight from the bot, to the point where the officials told us not to come back until we were *sure* we were underweight (but let us weigh a bag of parts between other bots, so we figured out our weight loss that way). Too much time was spent with sawzalls and hole saws, arguing with each other about where to cut and how much. And too much time removing every other bolts, almost all the washers, sanding, filing, shortening wires, substituting lighter components, etc. Some of the saga was capured
here. (As an aside, we were a regional finalist at Palmetto later that season).
Seriously, I'm glad you're removing weight now, since I don't recommend this approach. Lose the weight now, and not later.