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Originally Posted by Ty Tremblay
I put the second frame that high so that it was supporting the middle of the bumpers. Since the bumpers are as low as possible, I was worried about the moment created when running into a robot with the bumpers in the higher end of the bumper zone.
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If you do a one piece bumper with the corners well joined, then the moments should be resolved through the bumper wood and transformed into lateral and vertical forces at the frame. We run a very low frame with a one piece bumper that has held up really well (the top of our frame is about 3.5in above the ground).