Structural Integrity of Competition Defenses?

[CadetGizmo]

Originally Posted by spydan

Several other defenses had various damage. The field elements really cannot withstand the force of the robots this year.

And that's exactly what I was worried about. As someone who is not in a mechanical subgroup, that was the first thing that came to mind... Mostly because the components used in the defenses looked really flimsy. Just watching a video of a match and seeing a robot pull the drawbridge down makes me cringe. It's so flimsy...

I dunno, the closest I come to working with bend-related issues is the bend radius on our wires