pic: FRC488 - Fall Project, Rev. A

[roystur44]

Hi Madison,


The battery box can also hold the breaker and provide a base for easy access to the breaker. It can also hold a data access port for connection to the router. How many times have you seen teams struggled to gain access to the router data ports? Maybe even hold the sidecar for easy access.

Don't forget the mounting holes for the manipulator and the bumpers brackets.

Make sure there is adequate bend relief where the angled belly pan and the wheel housing meets. The parts will align easier if tolerance on the tab is loose.

Using pins to hold the wheel assemblies make it easy to drop a wheel out of the assembly. Using dowel pins also helps align the transmission gear to the drive assembly. Bring the gear closer to the transmission bearing keeping the distance to a minimum.

I feel the corners need some triangular gussets to reinforce the corners should you get a big hit.

Whats the drop on the wheels? Driving more than six wheels means you get a lot of wheel scrub. The outer wheels will scrub down to nothing if there is a lot of turning and the drop is minimal.