Thread: How is 54" size limit being inspected?
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Re: How is 54" size limit being inspected?
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Originally Posted by Grim Tuesday View Post
This is not the correct way to check. Our robot (see signature) is very close to being over the 54" limit, I think we were within about 1/2 an inch. The maximum point method will pass illegal robots. See the below picture for an explanation:

http://i.imgur.com/pDNlj09.jpg

At Fingerlakes, after an Inspector tried this method, we informed him why it was wrong and they pulled out a prinout of a 54" circle, which they projected upwards with an ruler. This seems like the correct method to use.
The point to point method will still work if the inspector measures from the bumper corner to the mechanism corner (at least for most cases), but I could see this being missed. EDIT: doh, math. No it wont.

I was looking forward to seeing a cylindrical sizing box this year, but given the quality of sizing boxes in the past, I probably would have hated it.