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Originally Posted by Daniel_LaFleur
During 'Rack and roll' our robot, with a maximum speed of 6.5 ft/sec broke our front bumper (38" long, only supported on the ends) 3 times. I'll grant you that we played a lot of defense (who doesn't up here in New England) but we never received any penalties for ramming / playing too aggressive defense.
Having an unsupported bumper this year will invite broken bumpers.
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There's a difference between a 38" long bumper segment only supported at the ends and a 38" long bumper segment supported every 12". The latter is never going to break if you're using high quality plywood.
The example I gave is what I believe Craig is referring to.