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Re: Bumper Update

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Originally Posted by EricH View Post
I didn't ask for how it would affect you. I asked for the NOW dimension. Read: As your robot sits right now, in CAD or in "person", is it <= 120"? And what exactly are you working with for dimensions? There may be ways to adjust to be able to use a gap.

BTW, 26" is actually a rather narrow robot, even under frame perimeter being the dimensional driver. Many teams will build more "square" robots.
Hm.. I'd have to talk with the lead CADer...

It was 21" x 35".

Which, for the front to have the necessary width, we'd have to add 5 inches. 26 x 35 would = 122 (greater than 120), so if we take 2 inches from the back, we'd have 26 x 33 = 118 (which would fit).

And it'd be square...

However, trying to fit a 10" ball into a 10" hole would be practically impossible, so bump the hole up to 12", take 2 away from length, which would be 31 x 28 = 118. However, add 6 inches of bumper, and it wouldn't fit into the batter near the tower, making the low goal/climbing practically impossible.

And that's why we aren't going in that direction. Sorry for the miscommunication.
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