Posted by Matt Leese at 1/24/2001 9:13 AM EST
Other on team #73, Tigerbolt, from Edison Technical HS and Alstom & Rochester Institute of Technology.
In Reply to: Re: Control System Mounts?
Posted by Ken Leung on 1/24/2001 12:22 AM EST:
About planning out your control system: Do it. It'll save you a lot of time and headaches in the future. Figure out what you're going to need and find a good place to put it. Also, it's a good idea to label everything so if there is a problem you don't have to trace wires. As to what to mount too, my favorite is polycarbonate (everyone quit giving into to the coroporation and stop calling it Lexan
. Just drill and tap the holes are you all set with it -- it's lightweight and rather attractive. If you're not going to take my advice, it's easy to just go with plywood to mount everything on but be careful as it gives you the opportunity to be sloppy. One other caveat that I found out the hard way last year -- the InnovationFIRST specs for sizing of the holes, etc. on the control system are off. And when mounting the radio modem good luck finding a #4 machine screw that is 2 1/2" -- I found half as many as I needed last year.
Matt