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Originally Posted by EricH
Check Q&A--apparently any departure from the design laid out (other than exact attachment), including putting holes in the plywood, is illegal.
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Eric, are you referring to this one?
http://forums.usfirst.org/showthread.php?t=8526
In the past we have made round pockets in the plywood to clear bolt heads on the robot chassis, looks like that is against the rules this year! thanks for spotting that
also we've used T nuts, but they do like to pop loose at the most inopportune times...so we were going to try T bolts this year instead, at least if they get loose you can pull them back in without having to disassemble the bumper. It is a bolt and nut system, but the bolt and nut positions are reversed from the design in the Robot Rules. Probably need to ask on Q&A if it would be legal? too bad I can't seem to get access to ask a question.