Please try to avoid this, but as it will certainly happen, the rubber bumpers are there to damp the impact. Steel Mounting Plates - It is recommended that you use one or both of your magnets to mount the control box to your machine. You are responsible for designing the mounting mechanism well enough to keep the control box attached to your machine throughout the contest. Control Box Weight - 1.95 lbs. A more precise figure will follow soon.
Some variation is inevitable, however, and it is the student's responsibility to account for it.
Download a PDF control box schematic . Student Interface Students will control their machines with four touchpads. A computer will record the position of the contestant's fingers on each touchpad. The x position will be discarded, and the y position will be scaled to represent a throttle setting. The middle of the touchpad is zero throttle.