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Re: Non-sagging Bumpers Q&A Response
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Originally Posted by DevenStonow
Thanks for the further input/history lesson, Al. You're awrdome at what you do and explaining what you do.
My question for you is, since obviously you can't expect(at least in my opinion) EXACTLY 2.5 in pool noodles, what's a reasonable, legal tolerance on that? Its hard, in my experience, to get a nice, taut covering of the bumpers without compressing the pool noodle somewhat. Maybe this question is missing the point of what you said, or maybe I'm just a little OCD about wrapping bumpers. Any input?
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As Inspectors, it's not our job to lawyer the rules, only to enforce them. When the rules are clear cut (like the 112" frame perimeter), we enforce it as strictly as the rules call for. When they aren't clear cut (like the approximately 2.5" pool noodles), we don't go looking for trouble. We aren't going to measure every noodle and set some arbitrary limit for "close enough" that isn't already in the rules. In fact, I personally avoid trying to measure something like that unless I have reason to suspect something is wrong - by look the bumpers are clearly not as big as all the other bumpers in the regional, or by feel the noodles don't feel like the hundreds of other noodles I've grabbed in the past few years, or be weight your bumpers are an outlier (when compared to other similar sized bumpers) with no readily apparent (like giant steel mounting brackets) explanation for it. If you make bumpers that look like like all the other bumpers we see on every robot (especially if they look nice!), we'll be focusing on other things.
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