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Re: pic: Rastogi 8wd Iteration 1.2

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Originally Posted by M.Wong View Post
Just a question: Is a sheet metal chassis lighter than an 8020 or 1/16 aluminum square tubing chassis?

Also, is there any sort of guide on building a sheet metal chassis?
Lighter than 80-20...most definitely! Just about any chassis short of one fabricated from steel is lighter than an 80-20 chassis. Of course this is a bit of an exaggeration but 80-20 is a heavy material.

As for the tube chassis, I would think that a welded 1/16" aluminum tube chassis would probably be lighter as well as a bit easier to manufacture than a sheet metal frame.

Sheet metal is nice if you have the resources and if you understand how to design to its strengths, but I dont see it as the miracle construction method that a lot of people on CD seem to see it as.
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