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Originally Posted by wilsonmw04
Ok, so allow me to take this to an extreme. I start off with normal pool noodles. I then compress them repeatedly so they are no longer 2.5" in diameter. I then use them to create a set of bumpers that are significantly smaller than those used by most teams. This gives me roughly one more inch of robot length than a typical competitor. In your reading of the rules this would be allowed.
regardless,
Rule r27 and diagram 4-5 is where I am seeing the issues here.
it defines the width of bumper material as 2.5" around the corner. |
What I understand from that picture is that the pool noodles need to be 2.5" in diameter on the sides, not on the corner. If they had wanted the corners to be 2.5" wide I think they would have shown a dimension from the corner of the wood backing to the outside of the corner pool noodle.