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Originally Posted by GeeTwo
If all you have for a drive base is that one KoP chassis, I recommend waiting until you have your overall robot design done, at least to the extent of knowing your horizontal dimensions, drive type, gearing/speed, and any interruptions that you will need in the frame (e.g. for game piece pick up). We did essentially as Ryan suggested above our first year (Rebound Rumble, a basketball-based game), and seriously compromised our chassis' integrity when we added a gap to pick up balls.
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Guess I should have specified - get your kit chassis assembled initially in the default configuration. Don't go modifying it significantly until you are fairly confident in the dimensions and functionality of your prototypes. Cutting a big chunk out of your frame without knowing how the rest of your robot will compensate for that is not a good idea.
The KOP chassis is usually made to be modified fairly easily so assembling in the default state and testing ontop of that as early as possible is still a great idea in my opinion.