pic: Up Swampthing's Skirt

[Swampdude]

I designed and painted it. The perimeter and all vertical plates are 1/4". The horizontal plates are 3/16". The whole base without anything on it weighed 9lbs. Last years frame got caved in on the ends. This frame took 1 dent before the bumpers went on while Tytus rammed it into our practice bot at full speed, about an 1/8". Otherwise it's incredibly rigid. Personally I would have made it lighter. Another engineer Scott (who welded it) demanded I make it all thicker. Otherwise the vertical plates would've been 3/16 and the horizontal plates would've been 1/8. If we use this design again, I think that's the way I'd go.
Man every time I check delphi there's another picture of our bot on here.