1114 Inspired Chasis

[BJC]

Originally Posted by apalrd

Here are some pictures of the prototype. I don't have any good pictures of the in-season chassis, plus it's painted black and hard to see detail on.

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Just to clarify several things. The chassis Andrew showed pictures of is misleading. He talked a lot about stiffness and then posted a picture of one with very little. That's because that chassis is specifically designed to reduce weight and increase packaging space by intentionally being flimzy. It makes use of all the manditory things in a drivetrain like the gearboxes and axles for structural support but uses its bumpers (which don't count towards the robot weight) as the "meat" of the frame providing almost all of the stiffness.

I attached a .pdf to better explain it. I just didn't want anyone looking at it to get the wrong idea.

Regards, Bryan