06-01-2015, 12:07
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 FRC #1444 (Lightning Lancers) Team Role: Mentor
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Join Date: Jan 2009
Rookie Year: 2006
Location: St. Louis
Posts: 154
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Re: Will Your Team Use Bumpers This Year?
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Originally Posted by JesseK
However, since we're still using aluminum axles in a WCD setup, we will make wheel guards out of 2x1 to protect our axles from inadvertent clipping of a tote because the totes don't like to move on carpet. This has nothing to do with driver skill or other robots and everything to do with how a bent axle would impact our performance.
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Originally Posted by Thad House
Teams that either were around before 2006 or have mentors from before 2006 will know exactly what competition will be like without bumpers. And teams back then worked perfectly fine without them. You just have to make sure to build your frame strong, probably stronger then in previous years.
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