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Re: The age old question - bumper mounting

80/20 angle brackets (the small type) attached directly to the frame have always been the standard method on 449, with the bumpers mounting directly through them via. wing nuts. Easy to set up, and it works well.

Last year, 4464 mounted our bumpers through holes in the c-base using washers and wing nuts, but this was a pain and I hope we don't do it again.

Both teams used separate bumpers for each straight run on the frame perimeter, and that's worked well enough that I don't see any reason why we'd change it. Corner bumpers just seem harder to make.

I am proud to report that I have never, ever seen a bumper on one of our robots fall off during a match.
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