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Re: Wrap Around Bumpers

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Originally Posted by Brad Voracek View Post
But if you use cotter pins does that still count as a standard assembly? We thought about doing something like that to make it really simple but we decided against it because we didn't have the weight or size to weigh those in with our robot, and were worried if they decided that it wasn't a safe mounting method. It pretty much says you -have- to use a bolt and fastener system in the manual... What are your guys' opinions on that?
we went to So. Cal, Boilermaker, and Nats with this set up and none of the inspectors had a problem with this set up. The bumpers rules seems just a little open to opinion and we interpreted as it needed to be hard mounted to your robot
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