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Unread 11-01-2011, 12:18
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Re: R14

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Originally Posted by Sunshine View Post
hmmmmm...

I assumed the following took care of this issue:

Each BUMPER segment must be backed by a piece of ¾” thick by 5” tall piece of plywood. Small clearance pockets and/or access holes in the plywood backing are permitted, as long as they do not significantly affect the structural integrity of the BUMPER.
The point made above is that fastener heads which are above or below (this year that is going to mostly mean above) the Bumper Zone might not be able to intrude into the Frame Perimeter. Something for Q&A, but to be safe it is best to design under the assumption that you can't have any bolt heads outside the Frame Perimeter outside of the Bumper Zone.

I REALLY hope that this year they are less cryptic in their responses on Q&A. I do not usually complain about these things, but last year's replies to questions about bolt heads increased, rather than decreased, the confusion. So much so that even inspectors at competitions were not sure of the rules.
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