View Single Post
  #3   Spotlight this post!  
Unread 29-01-2012, 19:48
thefro526's Avatar
thefro526 thefro526 is offline
Mentor for Hire.
AKA: Dustin Benedict
no team (EWCP, MAR, FRC 708)
Team Role: Mentor
 
Join Date: Aug 2006
Rookie Year: 2005
Location: New Jersey
Posts: 2,599
thefro526 has a reputation beyond reputethefro526 has a reputation beyond reputethefro526 has a reputation beyond reputethefro526 has a reputation beyond reputethefro526 has a reputation beyond reputethefro526 has a reputation beyond reputethefro526 has a reputation beyond reputethefro526 has a reputation beyond reputethefro526 has a reputation beyond reputethefro526 has a reputation beyond reputethefro526 has a reputation beyond repute
Send a message via AIM to thefro526 Send a message via MSN to thefro526
Re: vertical frame perimeter

Quote:
Originally Posted by akoscielski3 View Post
I believe that is fine. However you need to remember that your bumpers must be within the 2-10in zone and must be supported by you Frame Perimeter. The bumpers can not have a zone bigger than 8in, in which they are not supported by the frame perimeter. Someone else may wont to explain this, as i am a bad explainer.

here is the rule i was talking about
[R33]
Bumpers must be supported by the structure/frame of the Robot (i.e. each end of the Bumper must be rigidly attached to the Frame Perimeter, the gap between the backing material and the frame must not be greater than ¼ in. and no section of Bumper greater than 8 in. may be unsupported). See Figure 4‑7.
If they're using the AM Lift Kit or similar and their actual frame is 10.5" off the ground then it's in Violation of R01-2 as noted in my above post. The frame Perimeter is defined only by what resides in the plane of the bumper zone. If the only think in that zone is are the brackets of the lift kit, then they're going to need a subframe of some sort to correctly define their frame perimeter. (The Polygon defined by the exterior vertices of the lift brackets is substantially smaller than the frame required to support them.)
__________________
-Dustin Benedict
2005-2012 - Student & Mentor FRC 816
2012-2014 - Technical Mentor, 2014 Drive Coach FRC 341
Current - Mentor FRC 2729, FRC 708

Last edited by thefro526 : 29-01-2012 at 19:51.
Reply With Quote