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Re: Building the FRC Crate

Batteries are a smidge under 14 lbs if I recall (and depending on the weight of your cable and connectors, could be 14).

It can be a hassle, but you are allowed to fly them; If I recall, it's 2 per person and you should double check the current TSA rules. However, at 14 lbs each, and many teams having 10 or so batteries, it can save A LOT of money.

And if you're driving to an event, no reason at all to ship them; you even get the added benefit of being able to charge them very recently before the competition.

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Safety FIRST! You forgot to mention the helmets, padding, and paramedics. THEN you conduct the experiment.
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Eric is more of of a hardhat guy.
If I still have both of mine this spring... We'll see if I can do two at once.

(And yes, I have taken a direct hit to the hard hat from falling PVC. The head wasn't touched.)
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Not applicable. They're from Idaho.

A good test, if you have some daring people on your team: put 3-5 mentors/parents on top of the crate. If it holds, you're good that way. Now, have 2-3 people body slam the sides as hard as they can. If it breaks, make it stronger.
To this team your right its not appicable however to other rookie teams that are trying to build a crate that by any chance might do a little chief delphi search, than that would be good information to know.
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Re: Building the FRC Crate

ok question: can the crate be made of metal?? like aluminum or something?? I swear I saw some teams at Nationals who had some, but I can't be quite sure. yes, I'm aware that fabbing a metal crate instead of wood will be much heavier; I'm trying to see ALL my options here before I present to the team and say "this is what we're building".

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ok question: can the crate be made of metal?? like aluminum or something?? I swear I saw some teams at Nationals who had some, but I can't be quite sure. yes, I'm aware that fabbing a metal crate instead of wood will be much heavier; I'm trying to see ALL my options here before I present to the team and say "this is what we're building".

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Yes. At least, in previous years, this question was asked (teams didn't want to ditch their metal crates), and the answer was "Metal is OK".
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Yes. At least, in previous years, this question was asked (teams didn't want to ditch their metal crates), and the answer was "Metal is OK".
ok, sweet. still not sure if thats what we'll do (cost, weight, etc) but it opens up a lot of options. thanx so much!!
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