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Originally Posted by EricH
I'd be interested to know how you'd fit a 96" bumper on your robot while still following all the bumper mounting and support rules. (Other than in 2015, that is.)
I would rather suspect it'd be counted as "trim for transport", which does not automatically render it a manufactured part.
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Perhaps in an "excess of caution", 3946 has considered any cuts that we'd made other than directly across a piece of stock, whether wood, aluminum, wire, or tubing (and that, if it was to a
specific length) in a part prior to the competition event to to constitute a manufactured part. Where is this "trim for transport" rule? I've searched the 2015 rules, and this phrase does not appear. All occurrences of "transport" refer to "TRANSPORT CONFIGURATION" or transportation of the robot to the venue. The only occurrence of "trim" concerns the input leads of motors, servos, and solenoids. I don't plan to search for "for".
The way we understand the rule, we'd have to pre-cut to (perhaps) 5 7/8" before competition, then cut down to 5" and to length during competition in order for a bumper segment not to count as a "manufactured part". Doable, but less than ideal.