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Re: Team Update #2

I'd like to think that an inspector, looking at a curvy bumper that is made well, will pass it. A well made curvy bumper (IMO) would have notched wood and notched angle stock to meet the profile as shown in the figure. If you notch it and form it well, it should meet the "intent" of the rule.


... but ... My team's not going curvy, so I'm very interested in the interpretation of the hard surfaces versus the "vertical" piece of floaty.

I could see that if there were 2 floppy piece-parts, backed with 2 separate boards, and only held together by the cloth and the vertical piece, then both of those pieces should be required to be 6" in length.

But, if my hard-parts were formed together as one piece, and rounded the corner as one rigid unit, with or without the vertical piece (i.e. cut angles in the floaties for an angled joint), then I can count the internal linear distance of the angled piece.

So an L-shaped bumper with 4 + 2 inches of coverage would satisfy the 6" rule ... as long as it's a rigid one-piece bumper.

Assuming I'm right, now they'll have to define what "protecting a corner" means. Minimum 1" of bumper? 2"? 3"?

[edit] if they say 6" is the minimum, then they'll also have to revise figure 8-2.
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