pic: Look what Samta Left us!

Originally Posted by squirrel

Wow, that looks great! Looks like you'll be busy putting together....

Are the three sided roundish tubes an extrusion, or milled?

Milled. They're referred to as a tri-lobular boss. They sandwich the two sideplates together. Definitely go check one out if there's an Outback sponsored team at your regional(s).

Originally Posted by Fe_Will

Very nice. Where is the like button when you need it. I may have to sneak over and see this in person.

Any idea of the weight?

You're welcome to! Or rather, go see 997's, as we're a bit of a drive from Corvallis...

Weight for one assembled chassis (not including gearboxes, motors, pulleys) is 12.4 lbs. Insanely rigid and tough, with plenty of mounting for several team's superstructures.

Originally Posted by Akash Rastogi

An estimate on cost of 1 system would be nice too please. PM if you don't want it published.

Actually, since Outback teams work with Outback, it varies from team to team. Some teams buy their own stock, and the machine time is donated, some team buy everything. It really varies. If you're interested, shoot me an email and I can put you in touch with someone at Outback.

Originally Posted by gblake

Oh! Is that Santa's less reputable cousin, the one who sells stuff out of the back of his sleigh?

Nope, Samta is my play on the name Sam, for the leading machinist on the west coast, owner and head guy at Outback Manufacturing.