Posted by Charlie Affel.
Coach on team Spartans FIRST Robotics Team from Springfield High School sponsored by To Be Determined.
Posted on 1/24/2000 9:32 PM MST
The battery is large and heavy.
Are we required to mount it right side up?
Posted by Daniel.
Coach on team #483, BORG, from Berkeley High School and NASA Ames & UC Berkeley.
Posted on 1/24/2000 10:01 PM MST
In Reply to: Battery mounting posted by Charlie Affel on 1/24/2000 9:32 PM MST:
No. Put that sucker on it’s back. Good luck with everything!
Posted by Bethany Dunning. [PICTURE: SAME | NEW | HELP]
Coach on team #349, RoBahamas, from International Academy and Ford Motor Company.
Posted on 1/25/2000 8:58 AM MST
In Reply to: Battery mounting posted by Charlie Affel on 1/24/2000 9:32 PM MST:
As long as it can be easily (read: quickly) removed you should be ok.
: The battery is large and heavy.
: Are we required to mount it right side up?
Posted by Mike Sperber.
Engineer on team #175, Buzz, from Enrico Fermi High School and UTC/Hamilton Sundstrand Space Systems.
Posted on 1/25/2000 1:05 PM MST
In Reply to: Battery mounting posted by Charlie Affel on 1/24/2000 9:32 PM MST:
: The battery is large and heavy.
: Are we required to mount it right side up?
Nope - I do not believe that the battery is required
to be mounted right side up. Just make sure you can
remove it quickly!
However, I seem to remember reading somewhere in the
Competition Manual that says that the battery must be
charged right side up (I can’t locate the exact place right now). But this is good practice anyway.
Good Luck
-mike
Posted by Mike King.
Other on team #88, TJ², from Bridgewater Raynham and Johnson & Johnson Professional.
Posted on 1/25/2000 9:03 PM MST
In Reply to: Battery mounting posted by Charlie Affel on 1/24/2000 9:32 PM MST:
Nope. Any position is fine.
Heck, you don’t even need to include it on your robot. Now that would be quite a trick.
Joe, you upto that challenge?
: The battery is large and heavy.
: Are we required to mount it right side up?
Posted by Bethany Dunning. [PICTURE: SAME | NEW | HELP]
Coach on team #349, RoBahamas, from International Academy and Ford Motor Company.
Posted on 1/26/2000 4:30 PM MST
In Reply to: Re: Battery mounting posted by Mike King on 1/25/2000 9:03 PM MST:
FIRST of the future - no batteries. Alternative energy sources only. What a challenge that would be. 
: Nope. Any position is fine.
: Heck, you don’t even need to include it on your robot. Now that would be quite a trick.
: Joe, you upto that challenge?
Posted by Lora Knepper.
Student on team #69, HYPER (Helping Youth Pursue Engineering & Robotics), from Quincy Public Schools and The Gillette Company.
Posted on 1/26/2000 4:52 PM MST
In Reply to: Re: Battery mounting posted by Bethany Dunning on 1/26/2000 4:30 PM MST:
Just think of the reduction in weight if we didn’t need to worry about the batteries!
Lora Knepper