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Unread 04-03-2008, 19:22
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Re: Non-metallic frame

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Originally Posted by dtengineering View Post
We used the fibreglass on our superstructure the following year and built a wooden arm that probably had a strength/weight ratio higher than any of the aluminum arms that year
If you were in Portland that year (I'm guessing 2005, right?) you might remember Wooden Thunder, which sported an Okoume plywood tower that I built from boat scraps to show students that not everything had to be aluminum. The students bolted it onto the kitbot chassis and it is what went to the tournament. I remember a 'bot with a wooden arm (sounds like the beginning of a joke...) that could well have been yours.
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