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Re: Weight Reduction
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Originally Posted by lukevanoort View Post
Replacing steel bolts with aluminum versions. Very light and still strong enough for most purposes.
Replace Aluminum bolts with Nylon ones.

Even better for some applications.

You don't really need a steel or aluminum bolt holding down the RC now do you?

Use 2 screws on muffin fans instead of all 4 corners.

TRIM THOSE WIRES!!! You don't need 1' of cable going from your battery to your quick connect if the battery is right next to the breaker.

ONLY SWISS CHEESE THE BOT IN WEEK 6!!!!!!
None of this "speed holes in week 1" nonsense!!!!

You can't put material back as easily as you can remove it if you need to mount anything, even something as simple as a potentiometer, limit switch, or a sensor of some kind.
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