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Re: Chassis weight

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Originally Posted by GaryVoshol View Post
What is this chassis thing of which teams speak? It seems to be an object which you are able to weigh? I can't find one in our shop yet.
A chassis normally starts as a sophisticated structure fabricated from Unobtanium, which is quite difficult to see or weigh. Strong, but very flexible and difficult to grasp. Due to design changes and production difficulties in the normal FIRST shop, later iterations usually form out of aluminum, plywood, or other things you've been tripping over, depending on your budget. Near the end of the build period, portions of the chassis usually appear on the floor in the form of chips or sawdust, due to a process called "lightening". This is not to be confused with the phenomenon called "lightning", which is a part of the electrical and control subsystem that occasionally leaks out.
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