Thread: Carbon Fiber
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Unread 18-10-2006, 02:02
Matt H. Matt H. is offline
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Re: Carbon Fiber
Team 1726 also used fiberglass to build and prepare the chassis of our robot last year. This helped us to win a regional and we never had a fiberglass piece break. We decided not to use the provided bumpers and the fiberglass was taking numerous direct hits at full speed. The bot is still fully functional today. I would also note that some of the impacts we suffered bent aluminum crash bars at 45 degree angles while similar hits on the fiberglass had no effect at all. While fiberglass is not exactly the same as carbon fiber I can vouch for the use of composites. I'd urge your team to experiment with these building methods. I hope this has helped.