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Unread 22-10-2015, 15:07
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Re: How to build good bumpers

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Originally Posted by GeeTwo View Post
Unfortunately, those would constitute manufactured parts, at least the past few years. It would be lovely to be able to bring a nice supply of these and (similarly manufactured) 15.5" wide strips of red and blue cloth to provide for teams whose bumpers are not up to spec (or nonexistent). Cutting a 1x6" down to 5" in a pit sounds a lot more feasible than cutting a 5" strip from a sheet of plywood.
Yeah, since it's not part of the robot it escapes the fabricated part rules.

You would not need to walk far into the pit at a competition to find items that are normally sold "by the foot" (e.g., extrusion, wire) being treated as COTS items for purpose of the withholding calculation. Updating rules to reflect this commonly accepted practice would be an improvement, IMO.
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