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FRC #3618 (Petoskey Paladins)
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Bumper "Side" Clarification

The rules read
Quote:
ROBOTS are required to use BUMPERS to protect all outside corners of the FRAME PERIMETER.
For adequate protection, at least 8 in. of BUMPER must be placed on each side of each outside
corner (see Figure 4-3). If a side is shorter than 8 in., the entire side must be protected by
BUMPER (see Figure 4-4).
I have attached what we are currently hoping is alright and the drawing most closely describing our situation from the game manual. We are thinking that the end of our chassis would constitute a side and therefore the whole thing must be covered by bumper. It is shorter than 8 inches though and we are concerned that the bumper still must be 8 inches. We don't think that we will be forced to extend our bumper given that there will be no frame chassis or support after that 5 inches in the attached picture. This is an issue because if the bumpers have to be 8 inches the robot has to be 26 inches wide to intake a ball not over a bumper.
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