Thread: Methods of adding ballast to underweight robots
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Re: Ballast Confusion
18 x 6 = 108 square inches. Steel weighs .283 lbs per cubic inch. You'd need 106 cubic inches of steel to get 30 lbs. That's about an inch thick, covering that rear area!

Cast iron sports weights are about that thick, if you got three of the 10 lb weights they might fit back there...maybe...