Thread: Standard vs. Custom Frame
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Re: Standard vs. Custom Frame
We will be doing both this year.

Our veteran team will, as always, have a custom al. tube frame. We have been trying out a 3/4" square (1/8 wall) frame this fall and believe it will work for competition. We have used 1" square for the past 5 years and have never had a problem. We have a couple robot awards over that time also.


Our rookie team will be using the kit frame & welding the joints after we are happy with the design. This should help them with the flexability in design they need and still get some experience welding. Kiss. The rookies think that if they keep it simple they should be weeks ahead of the vets. More time for programming, more time for practice & problem solving.

As far as the number of competitions the robots will go to, the Vets will go to FLR & Championship & the rookies get FLR & may go to Championship if they qualify through winning the regional. Both will attend the ruckus in the fall but we get lots of tim to modify & fix before then. We probably will build a new machine just for that competition.