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Re: pic: Team 166's Desperate Weight Saving Measures - 2

I am just making a suggestion. Aluminum hardware is something that has worked for 612 in the past, last year our wheels were made of plastic and the drive system was assembled using only aluminum hardware, and they never failed once. I do agree admit that using steel provides more strength and that we were not using a Mecanum drive system so maybe making the comparison is unfair. But for next year maybe this team can test out aluminum nuts and bolts and see if they hold up.
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