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Originally Posted by Cash4587

My team this year had a cutout in the front bumper like you drew. It seemed to be somewhat effective to reduce the effects of teams hex drives. (our bumper cutout gap was 11" to make room for our arm when in the down position) However we really only had the chance to use it against 148 whose hex sides weren't as large as some other teams. In order to prove that the cutout really was effective in this aspect we would have liked to try it out on some different angled hex chassis. I don't know if any other teams can attest to this being an effective way to reduce the usefulness of a hex chassis, but please chime in if you have any other ideas on this.

I think a hex chassis would still see some benefit in situations up against a wall, since they still have a point to pivot around where the frame contacts the wall (where a rectangular chassis would not).

Obviously, I have no way to test this at the moment. It'd be nice to play around with a few actual bots and see how the different situations pan out.