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Originally Posted by Jeff Pahl
Lightweight, stiff, fairly strong, easy to work with. You can get it (or something similar) from most industrial plastic suppliers, or smaller pieces from your local sign shop. [...]It's not stiff enough to mount a cRIO though. It comes in a bunch of colors, too.
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Depends on your thickness and support. It will support a cRIO if it will support a robot.
And yes, I have some pictures:
http://www.chiefdelphi.com/media/photos/27581
http://www.chiefdelphi.com/media/photos/27719
Team 330, 2007. Support: 1" thinwall aluminum tube on 4 sides, glued on, IIRC. Might also have a couple of bolts/rivets. Survived 1-2 regionals and up through Einstein semis, depending on exactly which panel. Also IRI and the Fall Classic, if I remember correctly. That stuff is tougher than you're giving it credit for. Just use a couple of largish washers when you put a bolt through so it doesn't collapse as badly as it would under a point load.
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19-03-2009, 12:58
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