[EricH]

Originally Posted by Jared

In 2013, since there was nothing in the rules about angled bumpers, we showed our inspector at CMP the Q and A answer. He brought it to the LRI, who said that the rules permitted our bumpers (and the bumpers of 1114 and 67).
Or, if magnets is right, and the meaning of the sentence has changed because they are now providing an interpretation of this sentence instead of just giving us a vague sentence, this means that the correct interpretation for this year (not legal) contradicts what they wanted teams to get out of it last year (angled bumpers are legal), which again, doesn't make too much sense.

I think they should address this in a team update.

Or... the LRI made a mistake. Key volunteers do occasionally make a mistake--they're human, after all.

I agree--this needs to be either a team update, or a "better" Q&A. That said, I would advise any team considering angled bumpers to have a backup plan in case Q&A continues to disallow and no update addresses the issue. (BTW, I'm still waiting for someone to follow up on the "wheels are frame perimeter if they stick out from the frame" ambiguity.)