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Unread 17-02-2006, 09:09
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Re: Got Weight?

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Originally Posted by Dzdconfusd
Also swissing your robot isn't really good for that much weight. You can only get a couple pounds usually.

Thinner lexan and narrower diameter pneumatics are also good tricks if you can.
You'd be surprised with the speed holes. Last year we removed almost 20 pounds from ours, granted we had an 18' telescoping boom made of 1/8 aluminum box tubing, but still, it adds up, every little bit counts. And the thinner lexan is a good point, thinner everything will work really, we cut alot of weight a few years ago by going down 1 size in all the PVC tubing we used.

Also, smaller/less motors if you can, they weigh a bit.
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