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Originally Posted by evanperryg
Diamond strip is better. I'm not going to get into why because plenty of people already explained it. However, I will add that making bellypans yourself is, in effect, a massive waste of time. If your robot actually needs the bellypan as a vital structural component, odds are you did something wrong. Build the frame right, and it won't matter. Personally, I'd get the hexagonal pattern because it looks cool and it's easier to mount electrical components to. However, if it were an option, I wouldn't do a diamond or hex pattern bellypan at all. I'd suggest just getting some perforated aluminum sheet. It's cheap, it's fast, it's light.
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I have to disagree with the statements above. Bellypans can make a structurally rigid frame that is lighter than one without.
However, I will agree that any resources poured into some complex bellypan design are likely wasted, when a wooden bellypan can do the same job effectively for less weight.
5254 has this perforated lexan sheet they use for mounting electronics, because it already has a standardized hole pattern and they have a ton of it.
Between diamond and hex- for the most part it doesn't matter on the FRC scale if everything else is designed well, but diamond tends to be the better option structurally.