10-01-2017, 14:49
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Alumni turned Mentor
AKA: Branden Gunn
 FRC #4761 Team Role: Mentor
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Join Date: Jan 2007
Rookie Year: 1996
Location: Reading, MA
Posts: 868
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Re: Double-sided Timing Belt?
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Originally Posted by mman1506
I'd ask the Q&A, as the rules are written currently my opinion is that it would be legal as the most timing belts contain strands of braided kevlar with a nitrile or urethane outer layer. This is close enough to the way synthetic ropes are made if you consider the outer layer a "strand".
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i doubt this would be legal, actually, as the "coating" which happens to have a tooth shape is beyond the last 4 inches of rope. The rule says "entirely" made of fibers/filaments/strands, not just that it contains them.
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