pic: Wood Coast Drive

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Originally Posted by AdamHeard

I would remove all the diamond pocketing in the mock "rails". It cuts the fiber up so much, and it'd be hard to justify the weight it saves for the decrease in strength for a more traditional FRC game with contact.

That makes sense; will do. Edit: Removing the holes only cost ~.5lbs; not that big a deal, given how light the chassis is anyway.

Originally Posted by Necroterra

Yeah, taking a second look at it, the belly pan definitely wouldn't survive a contact game. I think you could design the gearbox crossbrace to handle that though.

The intent is to epoxy 1/8" plywood plates to the center of the belly pan, making it one piece. I'm planning on adding a brace between the gearboxes.