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Re: Where to mount the battery?

Expanding on the above post about how drive choice relates to battery placement, if you chose to do mecanum (which I don't necessarily recommend as a rookie) CG (and therefore battery placement) becomes much more critical. All in all though, if you are a rookie team with no ridiculous manufacturing resources and little experience, I would just go with the kit chassis, a plywood bellypan and the 3-pieces-of-angle + velcro strap battery holder mentioned earlier.
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