The Barrier Thread

[arizonafoxx]

One thing I noticed is the bumper rules this year. If I read correctly the bumpers have to exist somewhere between 2" and 10" from the ground. It seems to me there is only one location for the bumpers if you are trying to cross the bump. The top of the bumpers would have to be at 10" and going down to 5" off the ground. This is the only way that the bumpers won't hit the bump first. As well your frame perimeter would need to clear the bump as well so your wheels are the first thing to hit the bump. The KOP frame assembled with 6" wheels and per the provided instructions will NOT cross the bump even with brute force since the first thing to hit the bump would be either A) the bumpers if the lowest part of the bumper is below 4" OR B) the frame would hit the bump which would be flat vertical metal hitting flat vertical metal. The provided 6" wheels with no extra elevation of the frame would only lift the frame 3" off the ground (actually a little less than that).

Rookie teams please investigate this fully before putting together the KOP frame. You will only create extra work if you don't think about this before hand.