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Re: How to build good bumpers
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Originally Posted by EricLeifermann View Post
This requirement can be met several ways and reversible is one of them but I have yet to find a set of reversible bumpers that I would be willing to put on 2826's robot.
I definitely agree that making nice-looking bumpers reversible is harder... although perhaps even then they wouldn't be quite up to 2826 standards.

There are some teams that put the time in to make them look pretty good though... I was very happy with how our reversible 2014 bumpers turned out, although they do require a separate right and left bumper to enable the reversing (the 'reversing fold' on each side is vertical, not the more common horizontal).
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