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Re: Teams: Check Your Bumpers

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Originally Posted by Taylor View Post
For those of us who have already made the numbers on each bumper - five total - Would it be permissible to cover over the numbers with red/blue gaffers tape to be compliant with the 4 and only 4 ruling?
I imagine that would be fine. You could also get some additional fabric to wrap around that specific bumper, and staple it in.

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Originally Posted by Cal578 View Post
No, I made no such assumption. It doesn't matter which direction the plywood overlaps, there is still another 3/4 inch added to the first 8 inches (see figure 4-6 under [R31]. Then add the noodle filling the corner area (same figure); that adds another 2.5". This adds up to 11.25" for the team number.

If you have a bumper with only 8" of fabric where the team number goes, I think it's illegal. It either doesn't cover the 8" of frame from the vertex per [R27], or it doesn't have the corner filled per [R31].

If you disagree, please give us a picture or drawing of a shorter bumper that is legal.
i think he was implying that the pool noodle in the corner would be attached to the side bumper, not the front bumper. In that case, I've seen teams put a single digit on the end of the side bumper such that it lines up with the other numbers on the front bumper, and it's worked that way for them.
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