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Re: Slack in the Overpass
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Originally Posted by Wayne C.
"And one other thing-
we built our bumpers to the exact specs in the manual. We only covered 3 of 4 sides of the robot. Why would they weigh 16.5 lbs? The only way anyone's bumpers seemed to be passing inspection and making weight was to remove the angle aluminum that the manual tells us to put on them. We did so and had a half pound to spare.
If we had 4 bumpers and built them exactly as the manual prescribes they would never be able to pass the weight test. Maybe our experts who write the manual should reexamine their weights and measures or give a more realistic range.
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We ran into the same problem. we switched from a 1/8" thick angle to a 1/16" and we lost the weight
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Last edited by wilsonmw04 : 02-03-2008 at 18:37.
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