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Re: Welding?
We had a welded chassis last year and loved it. One thing we did do was figure out how to fix a broken joint without welding in case it happened. It never did (not even when we were knocked off a high ramp) but what we came up with was bringing some oversized square tubing (our chassis was made of 1x1 square aluminum tubing) that could be quickly cut and bolted across the broken area. We did a quick practice run (on some spare tubing) and it only took us about 10 minutes to cut the big tubing to the right size, drill holes and put in bolts. If you want to do something like this remember to make the size of your robot a little bit less and 28" x 38" so you won't break the size rules.
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Thank you Bad Robots for giving me the chance to coach this team.
Rookie All-Star Award: 2003 Buckeye
Engineering Inspiration Award: 2004 Pittsburgh, 2014 Crossroads
Chairman's Award: 2005 Pittsburgh, 2009 Buckeye, 2012 Queen City
Team Spirit Award: 2007 Buckeye, 2015 Queen City
Woodie Flowers Award: 2009 Buckeye
Dean's List Finalists: Phil Aufdencamp (2010), Lindsey Fox (2011), Kyle Torrico (2011), Alix Bernier (2013), Deepthi Thumuluri (2015)
Gracious Professionalism Award: 2013 Buckeye
Innovation in Controls Award: 2015 Pittsburgh
Event Finalists: 2012 CORI, 2016 Buckeye
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