Thread: the goals shatter!?!
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Re: tough luck
Posted by Raul at 02/23/2001 12:56 AM EST


Engineer on team #111, Wildstang, from Rolling Meadows & Wheeling HS and Motorola.


In Reply to: tough luck
Posted by Ken Leung on 02/22/2001 11:52 PM EST:



I spoke to Eric (at FIRST) about this and he said that they tested the PVC goals by throwing them against the rails and they never broke.

PVC becomes brittle as it gets older. If your goals are breaking, chances are you are using old PVC or you screwed together the joints like we hastily did on one of our goals. Also, the joints, even when glued, are more brittle than the pipes themselves.

Raul


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