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Originally Posted by bLuEpHoEnIx
When making bumpers, are you allowed to segment the pool noodle that will go inside the bumpers? The way our robot and bumpers are made, it will require us to take out the pool noodle in order to attach/detach bumpers. If we cut the pool noodle, this won't require us to take out the entire pool noodle.
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Segmenting the whole bumper (so that the ends are covered with fabric, and vertical) is allowed. Segmenting the pool noodle inside the bumper is "not desired", according to the manual, so it's allowed, but not necessarily a good solution. You need a blind fastener system of some sort so that the bumpers can be "quickly removed". If you need to spend more than 5 minutes on taking the bumpers off, I'd be worried. (Some teams basically had to unstaple the fabric to get at their bolts last year; this isn't good enough.)
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Originally Posted by bLuEpHoEnIx
On that note, I also wanted to know if it is okay to tape the pool noodles, since I know there's a restriction on tape. (ie. Taping segments of pool noodle togther to make a long enough pool noodle.)
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No tape (well, unless it's not self-adhesive).