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Re: Non-level bumpers
Well, I'm both proud and ashamed to say it, but we finally picked up a ball tonight, and dropped it into fairly stable well where we could "kick" it over the truss or into a goal. (Proud that we did it, and ashamed at how little time is left to tweak and tune the controls and give the drivers practice) We did it with vertical plywood backing the bumpers, and horizontal bottom lines and pool noodles (at 2.5" off the floor to the lower edge) coming in 8" from each corner. We did do some interesting miter/bevel stuff with the track INSIDE the frame perimeter once we pulled it over the bumpers, and the final mod that made it work was made in time-saving/desperation, and involved using pool noodles inside the frame perimeter. The noodles were intended as a filler, but they apparently also served as a traction device, moving us from "almost working" to "that's it". Given the late date, we're locking this in as a solution, and are forging ahead towards stop build day.
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