pic: 1503's Off-Season Project

[Racer26]

Originally Posted by computerboi1503

I personally would want protection of some from of the analog and solenoid breakouts, wether it be the cRIO mounted sideways in the bot and covered with lexan or put in a lexan box... either way, those guys are a great target for another 'bot to come along and slice it in two. Every year our robot's electronics have been completely covered in lexan/polycarbonate with no overheating issues of any kind. I really reccomend that many teams do this, as I saw countless robots being disabled for a match after having their electronics penetrated by another robot, usually with fatal results.

Thanks for the great comments guys! Look out for us in FLR, GTR and the Championships!

Nick

Lexan armor is great if you can afford the weight. Historically 1075 hasn't built a bot that had room in the weight budget for it... we've only had 1 major mishap where a radio connector got ripped off the RC in 2007, and a couple minor ones where a pwm got pulled in 5 seasons of on-and-off season events.