25-08-2014, 11:01
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AKA: Pinecone
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Join Date: Dec 2008
Rookie Year: 2006
Location: Glastonbury, CT
Posts: 7,630
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Re: Integrated Bumpers
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Originally Posted by FrankJ
Admittedly the 2014 game was probably the most aggressive for robot to robot contact since bumpers were required. IE wide open field, no protected areas. The game demonstrated the need for a robust bumper/frame system. Did any body see any plywood failures? Not bumper attachments, but actual cracked plywood.
Yes I missed Dave's tests. Is it published anywhere?
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We had a relatively poorly supported bumper frame that met the letter of the rule (8 inches apart between supports) but only touched the bottom half of the bumper. We did not have cracked plywood failures, but we did have failures in the locations where we glued the plywood together at the corners. We made some quick L shaped gussets to get us through the weekend. No direct plywood splitting failures, though, and we took a lot of hard hits.
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