pic: 2559 Normality Zero 2016 Drive Train v1

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Originally Posted by Chris is me

I've never heard of this being an issue before. Hundreds of teams have run batteries flat in the robot for years without issue. There are even COTS products available to assist in teams securing batteries laid flat on the chassis. What components of the battery do you suspect would be more suceptible to damage in this orientation?

In any case, the battery in this photo is clearly very well secured, with structure on all sides of it and a tight strap across the open side.

Since my rookie year, I've been indoctrinated to avoid flat battery placement for the sake of reducing risk of plate cracking. We've put batteries flat before too, but that was for off season robots meant for smooth surface driving. Maybe it's just my team that thinks this. This game may have a few more high-flying bumps than previous games, and it's why I bring this up. Otherwise, I wouldn't have. Perhaps this kind of jarring movement would put any batteries at risk regardless of orientation.