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Re: Are extensions with bumpers after the start of the game legal

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Originally Posted by EricH View Post
I think y'all need to re-read <R07>. The 6" minimum is length per segment (<R07-D>); the maximum of that dimension is as long as the robot. You need a 3/4" thick x 5" tall piece of plywood as bumper backing (<R07-F>).

I'd also be cautious about the plywood in the corners--because you're changing segments, you may run afoul of <R07-C>'s corner/segment joint-filling rules. In the past, it's been much clearer about whether or not hard parts in corners is prohibited (it was in the past, not sure about this year).

Note that these only apply to the bumpers that are out in the Starting Configuration. Ditto for the extra bumper weight allowance.
If we need bumpers from 1” to 7” that means we need a 6 “ piece of wood. A 1x7” piece of board is 6.25” high so we were going to cut that to length instead of cutting plywood by length and width.

Our bumper design is single pieces per side. So we shouldn’t have an issue with the minimum length.

In the corners are we only supposed to have wood adjacent to metal? Meaning we would have a gap in the backing of the noodles?
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