WCD-Style Belly Pan Weight

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Originally Posted by Chickenonastick

After cadding up a 1/8" 6061 "WCD-style" belly pan, Inventor calculated its weight to be around 5.2 lbs. Would anybody consider this to be an accurate measurement? Assuming it has a diamond/cross hatch pattern similar to the ones displayed in this thread and encompasses the entire bottom part of the drive base.

Strictly in terms of weight, 5.2 lbs is around a pound lighter than the 1/4" unpocketed polycarbonate sheet that we used this year and had no problems with.

Sounds reasonably correct. My team used a 1/16" belly pan (5052 aluminum) this year with no pocketing and it weighed 5 pounds. Assuming you're using something like 6061, 6063, 5052 depending on the size and how much pocketing, 5.2lbs is reasonable for all of those.