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10-11-2014, 21:29

Marc S.

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Re: pic: Lightweight swerve Chassis

1/16" wall tubing is plenty strong enough as long as your bumpers are built correctly. The main reason elite teams use 1/8" for WCD's is because they need the strength for the bearing block slots.

973 used exclusively 1/16" 2"x1" 6061 tubing on "Emperor Swerve" and "Encore", which were both swerve drives back when the base was 28"x38".

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