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Re: New Bumper Rule makes West Coast drive Illegal?

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Originally Posted by nnfuller View Post
I think he meant that the bumbers must always be touching the robot at all points. and that is true, not just the robot though, the "robot frame/chassis" but don't worry about it just mount a small piece of something outside your wheels and bolt your bumpers to that. it's like a one pound maximum fix.
However, the Q&A has clearly clarified that not anything counts as a structural frame member. I would consider an 1/8" aluminum plate slightly more than "a small piece of something", yet the GDC has said that it is not structural [enough] and does not fulfill the intent of the rule. For those teams that typically build a west-coast drive, it is certainly worth worrying about.