nonweight and usable

[Greg Perkins]

Originally Posted by greencactus3

thanks everyone, we'll prolly use lexan then.. if i can find any..


really? the balls are quite grippy. and what if its not bent?

since you guys are rookies, i dont know if you will remember in 2002, we used soccer balls. on our bot we installed curved lexan strips on the front and back where our bot had an opening area... when the balls hit it the bounced off. you must make sure that they are close enough to the ground so they too dont run on top of the balls. the 1/4 lexan will be as springy as a spring, so they will just shoot off of it.

lexan is the easiest way to solve your weight issues...but if you have the money, get sheets of carbon fibre. def. a way to go if its a serious weight issue .




ps. carbon fibre sheets are about $80 for a 3x3 sheet..