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Originally Posted by Al Skierkiewicz
4. Battery must be secure and protected within the robot. No battery=no play.
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Our team usually bends a small little sheet metal slot to put the battery in and puts a few strips of velcro on. But every year, it comes down to one thing that keeps the battery in there... the good ol' zip ties. Go get a bunch of the longer ones (or however long/short you'd need it) and tie the two battery connectors together and then again to some sturdy point on your bot (this year we did it to our air tanks) It never fell off after that... but then you get the times when you got like... 10 seconds to get the thing on the field and you're all scrambling, "WHERE'S THE ZIP TIES!!!!1 OGMGOMG"
Regarding the drive train, if you're lucky, might get a game like 2002 where having casters would work alright. My team in '02 had the drive wheels at the back and casters at the front; no problem turning with that.