New Year New Robot!

soo this year one of the clairton robots are going to use a beater bar as their main weapon. what are suggestion for the dimensions for a structually stable bar? dimensions wise that is.

Also whats the best material thats still decently cost effective. s7?

id have to say s7 cost wise. I think as long as you stay around half an inch in ever dimesion it'll be fine.\

I think it was schenly that have a beater like ours with an angled tooth but they cut teeth out of it. It was really thin and ended up actually bending

Solid steel S7 drum for the win....

Did I mention small, highspeed?

jmo

try to make it as heavy as you can so your weapon can have more bite

The nice thing about beaters is they're lighter per inch of outer diameter you get per pound than drums. Still, I'd say be certain your final thickness is sufficient to survive running into itself running backwards (ex: one drum/beater spinning downward colliding with one drum/beater spinning upward)