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Originally Posted by Ziaholic
The thing that is confusing me is the 6" section part of the rule.
If they require that a wide-drive 'bot have 6" of bumpers in the front, then how did figure 8-2 come to pass? That figure clearly shows a bumper piece that wraps around a corner. Is that legal because it's more than 90-degrees?
How do you measure the length of an L-shaped bumper? Couldn't you just add up the internal lengths? Theoretically you might be able to make an L-shaped bumper that has 4" on one side and 2" on the other.
Figure 8-2 and the 6" rule are making my head hurt.
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I had this exact same thought and I asked it on the Q&A. It seems to me that these 2 are contradictory.
I also wonder the same as Jgannon why they are addressing specific robot designs in the rules. It is really starting to make me wonder why they just didn't include an instruction manual with the kit this year saying "we want you to build this"