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6th April 2005, 11:20

or what about construction entirely from polycarb?

**psychostorm** · 6th April 2005, 13:18

You have 3 choices here:

A monocoque? (spelling please):
Literally meaning 1 shell in old french. Basically the posh term to mounting everything to the armour and base panels. Used often in feathers to improve armour.

A chassis. A frame and supporting structure used to hold everything to and to hold the armour in place. Weightly but has slightly more reliability.

or

a combination of the above.

If youre thinking of using polycarbonate for a shell, I recommend metal panels over the edges. you only have to see terrorhurtzs S5 battle for an answer...

Oh and Woody: Why would he post a heavyweight construction in the featherweight section???

8th April 2005, 16:55

ok peeps id like to get started now on my robot. Im thinking of buying some 6mm polycarb then plating that with metal sheets. How do i work with polycarb i.e. hold it together? I might upgrade to a box steel chassis when i get the funding. I know ewans had some success with this so i was wondering if he could help

**typhoon_driver** · 8th April 2005, 17:20

If anything mark i would have thought that a steel box chassis would have been cheaper than polycarbonate unless you are getting the poly cheap. nuts and bolts are probably the best way to hold it together.

**ewan** · 8th April 2005, 17:46

mark, see http://www.micro-maul.co.uk/micro-maul%281%29.htmlhttp://www.micro-maul.co.uk/micro-maul%281%29.html
you can use thick polycarbonate sheets (of 10mm +) to make a chassis. You just have to tap it together. Dont have any exposed polcarbonate edges though as they will get caught on by a spinner and can shatter.