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The plate [of which there will be 4] starts out as a 37.5 x 5 x .375 sheet of 6061 aluminum weighing 6.88 lbs.
After we are finished milling/webbing, the panel is 44% of its starting weight or 3.088 lbs.

This off-season project "Back in Black" has been the brainchild of our past team captain Adam Heard [now COLLEGE MENTOR] , and we [the Fabrication Subteam aka Monster-Fueled Machinists of 294 aided by the Machine Tool Technology Dept. of El Camino College & Northrop Grumman] have been desperately trying to get it fabbed ASAP so Adam can go off to college in peace. Along with this frame, we are fabing a modified version of the Killer Bees 4-speed transmission... hopefully from what we learn building this protobase, we will be 'very competitive' next year. Keep an eye out for teasers ....

For a look at "the big picture" go to www.bcr294.org and click on the black base just to the left of the Monster logo... our Top not-so-secret Summer base project ..