pic: Team 2068 2014 competition chassis

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Originally Posted by AustinSchuh

Nice work! I think this is the closest that I have seen someone come to reproducing our frame correctly. The flanges on the outer edge of the side rails add a lot of strength.

Thanks! I really liked the idea of a 3-piece chassis because of how easy it made assembly. We could have people assembling the motors/gears/wheels on each module independently then they just had to slide it into the belly pan and rivet it in place when they were finished. Having the wheel wells as a single unit rather than 2 panels was also really helpful in terms of strength - using a 1 piece bumper this frame made it through 2 regionals without deforming (at least not that I can tell)

You said we came close to your frame - is it just something we did differently or did you have something in mind that could be improved that I could pass along to my team for next year? (There's always room for improvement, I'm sure)