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Chassis Material/Construction

View Poll Results: What do you use for chassis material?
wood	11	5.07%
steel angle	8	3.69%
aluminum angle	36	16.59%
steel tubing (round or rectangular)	2	0.92%
aluminum tubing (round or rectangular)	58	26.73%
Bosch extrusion or similar (aluminum or steel)	89	41.01%
Other	13	5.99%
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11-08-2002, 01:54

sanddrag

On to my 16th year in FRC

FRC #0696 (Circuit Breakers)

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Chassis Material/Construction

This is my effort to make a meaningful thread.

I am interested in what all the teams use to make their chassis. We have always used Bosch extrusion and will be using it again next season. What do you use and what are the pros and cons of different materials?

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