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Re: pic: 6WD Chassis

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Originally Posted by Akash Rastogi View Post
Actually, many teams mounted their cRIO that way and even perpendicular to the ground. Even without zipties, I don't think any team had loose modules or a broken cRIO. It can take impacts pretty well.
Yeah, the cRio has been known to take a beating.
http://decibel.ni.com/content/docs/DOC-6176

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Originally Posted by Taylor View Post
I assume the tabs along the sides are for bumper attachment. Given the limited hand space there, are you thinking cotter pins through bolts to hold them on?
We used some quick release pins from McMaster-Carr (p/n 98320A140) on two robots this year. No bottom access required. We had zero perfomance issues and zero inspection issues (some of the inspectors actually liked them).
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