[Kevin Sevcik]

Al,

I think Jim was questioning the inspectors tolerance for full length bumper coverage of the frame perimeter. If there's zero tolerance for extending past or coming short of the frame perimeter, it's impossible to use a previously legal set of bumpers on a robot with an increased perimeter. This would require teams to reconstruct their bumpers even if the frame perimeter is increased by 1/8". That's a lot of lumber and time for 1/8".

Your second answer seems to get to the point of the question, but doesn't mesh with your declaration of zero tolerance on bumpers. So the question remains, in slightly different form:

Will inspectors be looking for full frame perimeter coverage by the hard bumper parts, or will they be looking for adequate corner protection using the test you describe?