[MrForbes]

We thought (briefly) about having the whole electronics board upside down, this would keep stuff from falling into it, and allow full access by leaning the robot on it's back. We'd have a cover underneath it to protect it, and the RC right side up with a window to see the lights, and hinged to get to the wiring.

But instead it looks like we'll go with a normal configuration with an aluminum plate across the entire bottom of the robot, with the electronics sitting on a lexan sheet on top of this (so it can be quickly removed if needed), and a lexan cover over the whole thing to keep stuff out and the RC visible. The aluminum plate is really part of the chassis...which kind of dictates how the robot will be built..