Input On Steel chassis w/wood inset

[Andrew Blair]

Originally Posted by Henry_Mareck

well, im sure we would go with reinforced plywood before the kit frame, unless it gets a lot better next year. I know this because we did it last year

Ughh...I've got to say this. I was also once part of the "kit frame looks chinsy, feels chinsy, smells chinsy, must be chinsy' club. However, through counseling, my teammates persuasion, and some actual competition smackdowns, I got over my affliction. That little chinsy bent aluminum frame took more than we could throw at it, which happened to be alot. After we hacked up it's structural portions and even neglected to use all it's reinforcing members. Yep, we were stupid, un-thourough, and yet it still never gave us any trouble. A team has every right to say they don't want to use a free frame, but I urge them to build the kitbot and repeateadly smash it into a concrete wall in order to sate their anger. It will soon wane when they manage to do more damage to the wall than to the kitbot. That is honestly the reason that we ended up using the kitframe this year.