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View Poll Results: What do you use for chassis material?
wood 11 5.07%
steel angle 8 3.69%
aluminum angle 36 16.59%
steel tubing (round or rectangular) 2 0.92%
aluminum tubing (round or rectangular) 58 26.73%
Bosch extrusion or similar (aluminum or steel) 89 41.01%
Other 13 5.99%
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Originally posted by Gui Cavalcanti


Somebody did. In 2001 (I think Adam knows this story better than I) they only used Lexan as a building material. They made 1/4" lexan angle, lexan sidepanels, and everything like that. No structural steel or aluminum at all.

It was pretty cool looking
Yeah, but in 2001, you could get away with that. The structural concerns were not as great when you knew you weren't going to be in contact with opposing bots.
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