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Unread 04-05-2010, 17:35
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Re: pic: Rastogi 8wd Iteration 1.2

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Originally Posted by Chris is me View Post
The "miracle" of this construction process to me isn't in the actual fitness for an FRC robot, since it's good enough to work as well as other materials. The appeal of it to me is that fabrication with a cool sponsor is automated and fast, so you spend less time machining and assembling and more time designing and thinking.

... in theory.
You can do that with a good tubular design too. Take a look at 2337's chassis, it was all bolt together using inserts into the tubes. Took a bit of time to do but was pretty simple. For reference, it was a combination of 1/8" and 1/16" thicknesses. The majority of it was 1/16" but the transmissions were 1/8" just to be safe.
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