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Originally Posted by sandiegodan
I had a question on this as we had lots of issues with this in San Diego this past weekend. Since there is no 8" minimum frame requirement on it's own, it would make sense to me that if an 8" bumper carried it's own continuous metal backing and could be securely attached to the frame, that would constitute a legal system? Providing it met weight of course.
We were specifically making teams extend their frames causing substantial rework and missed matches. Not to mention modifications to ball retrieval systems. I will be inspecting at 3 more competitions and I'd like to offer some better alternatives to teams for being in compliance and ensure consistency throughout the competition season.
Thank you,
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I inspected Alamo this weekend and we were allowing lots of ways to extend the frame, most of the time it was just an L bracket, the rules don't really define how sturdy a frame must be as long it is non-articulated. The most important part is the frame counts to your weight and isn't part of your bumper attachment system which is weighed differently, so having 6 inch of frame with 8 inch of metal backing on the bumper would change where the weight is allocated.