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Originally Posted by Billfred
From the looks of the prototype they showed, it doesn't look like a big sacrifice.
I would imagine the outward-bent flange is to define their FRAME PERIMETER and provide a mount for the box, since their hard parts can't extend more than an inch beyond the FRAME PERIMETER (under 2013 rules, mind).
Considering the AndyMark C-Base is 1.13" wide (and you can't really mount things on the outer face with the present frame perimeter rules), I doubt it's much of a loss of usable space. If you needed to mount something on the outer flange, I believe you could still hog out part of the box tubing on the upper face to provide room for a bolt or rivet. How much strength you give for that I'll leave to the pros.
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I'm guessing that it will stay the same (2013 bot does not have a flange) as the robot perimeter is measured without the bumpers.
Since bumpers are measured on there own, the 2" box tube would be measured as the attachment device.
I would like to see someone from team 33 to chime in on this manner.