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Originally Posted by Cory
You don't want to use aluminum bolts in 99.9% of FRC applications...and anywhere you might, you'd be better off using nylon bolts (screwing electronics down is the one area that comes to mind).
Aluminum bolts are going to shear very easily, as well as potentially gall, since most threaded mating parts in FRC are aluminum also.
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This is an important thing to consider. We made the fatal decision of using aluminum bolts to attach our collectors at Wisonsin, and got knocked out in quarters after one of them sheared.However, we did use them in other areas on the robot where they weren't taking so much stress, and never had an issue with them.
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