lexan rarely breaks. bending is likely though, so make sure that the components won’t break if the plate flexes.
I am more concerned that your electronics might take a hit from a robot arm while trying to engage a ringer. If you have weight to spare, I’d built a small frame around the entire electronics area. Maybe just some horizontal bars across the top would be enough:cool:
Took the words right out of my keyboard.
I agree, the arm is the main thing of concern. You don’t want that arm to hit your electronics. Maybe a polycarb shield is in order?
We’ve used lexan for the base of our electronics for years, and it’s never broken. But I’d have to agree with the necessity of a shield. If you get some 1/8 inch lexan, you can make an arch over the entire setup, which should protect it from outside…uh…interference. Lexan is cool stuff – it scratches, but never breaks, and once you shape it into something that isn’t flat, it is pretty rigid.
…or you can go Baja Buggy and build a full rollcage! Yay, rollcage!
we are going to box in our electronics so something doesnt happen to them, that was all we could get done before we had to leave saturday as far as electronics. and you cant tell from this picture but we have a pneumatic piston attached to the arm, when its all the way in the arm wont be close to the electronics