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Think About Protecting Your Battery!

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19-01-2010, 16:49

Travis Hoffman Travis Hoffman is offline

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Re: Think About Protecting Your Battery!

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Originally Posted by Peter Matteson

All you need to do is take some velcro and rivet it to your frame sandwitched between a couple thin sheets of Al.

That sounds rather painful for Al.

Add another vote for the quick release plastic buckle. Search "48 Flips" on Youtube - yeah....we were using one of those buckle straps during that. No issues or damage at all.

Finally - please don't ever use your battery as the counterbalance of your arm. Yes, I've seen this on a FIRST robot. Yes, it was deemed legal. Why? I have no clue!

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