What to use for ballast

[JamesCH95]

Originally Posted by nighterfighter

What about putting the pennies inside a double-bagged zip-loc bag, inside a tupperware container, and putting the tupperware container inside a bag with a drawstring/zipper to close it? (Similar to this: http://www.usflash.net/ProductImages...uch500X500.jpg)

This would provide multiple layers of spill-prevention.. The ziploc bags probably won't jostle open, and the tupperware container provides a hard casing to prevent the bags from small puncutres. Then the bag with the drawstring provides an additional layer of containment, if the tupperware breaks open and spill the pennies, they would be contained inside the bigger bag.

You could also just epoxy some shiny pennies to your frame! That will probably look cooler.

If you need a triple-redundancy in your ballast you're doing it wrong. I know this was just a hypothetical, but I want to hypothetically discourage teams from opening this can of worms (bag of pennies?)

Besides, pennies are expensive!