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Re: Bumper question

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Originally Posted by Ed Law View Post
It is taking FIRST a very long time to answer my simple bumper question in Q&A. While I can wait a little longer before I print numbers on bumpers, I can't keep waiting before I finalize on the robot design. Therefore I have decided to do the silliest thing and to let the bumper rule about size/stroke of the numbers decide how wide my front bumpers are just so we as a 4 digit team can fit our numbers onto the bumper. My front bumpers are now about 11.5 inches wide on each side which forced us to narrow our ball intake width.
Totally agree with Al here. Something as simple as numbering should not drive your design decisions. 8" Bumpers plus the corner filling noodle is plenty of space for 4 digits that meet the rules (including being legible). Even if you don't have a corner noodle (which you should), you can still get legible digits into 8".

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