Sorry to go kinda off topic here, but harry mentioned using titanium, so what kind of thickness would people use for a beetle spinner/horizontal thwackbot/melty for structure and stuff
Sorry to go kinda off topic here, but harry mentioned using titanium, so what kind of thickness would people use for a beetle spinner/horizontal thwackbot/melty for structure and stuff
There have not been enough recent Beetle events for any kind of patterns to emerge but I would say 1mm of Grade 5 Ti should be able to take most of what a beetle spinner can dish out.
The softer grades (1-4) would need more but you could bend those back where as you cant with anything Grade 5 and up.
Thanks
So 1mm grade 5 and 1.5 to 2mm grade 1 to 4
Ok
Im thinking of re doing shred, but this time it may be tough enough to last more that 0.376 seconds in the arena. It may even be able to damage something tougher than a cereal box
The 0.376 seconds thing is completely made up btw
Btw, why cant you bend grade 5 ti
It's hard but more brittle (I think) so will snap rather than bending.
Grades 1-4 are pure titanium in a variety of structures and oxidisation levels.
Grade 5 is the first Alloy and contains 6% aluminium, 4% vanadium and a maxiumum of 0.25% iron. This makes it incredibly stiff (Bending resistance), hard (Scratch Resistance) and tough (How much energy it can absorb before deforming).
I don't think it is technically more brittle than G1-4, but when you bend it you damage the structure in such a way that links on the outside of the bend break and when you bend it back you snap it as you only have half the thickness of the sheet which is structurally intact.
Ok, thanks for that
Interesting to know that g5 ti is an alloy
Grade 5 will bend, but not bend back without cracking.
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