Legal Bumper???

[Tristan Lall]

Originally Posted by EricH

Q&A has already ruled that angled bumpers and bumpers at varying heights are legal.

If it's total height of bumper plywood, then the quoted Q&A needs revision.

I think the Q&A makes clear that if every individual segment is 5 in tall, their relative orientation doesn't matter for the purposes of height. But it's not clear how that applies to a single segment. Is the restriction on the height of the bumper between every pair of vertically aligned points on the top and bottom edges, or is it between the two extrema (the highest and lowest points) on the top and bottom edges? (And how does the orientation of the bumper affect these measurements, if at all?)

[Akash Rastogi]

We cited the Q&A that Eric posted as well. Although this bumper design isn't a requirement for us, it plays into our robot's CoG just a bit. If we are deemed to have illegal bumpers later on, it is a quick fix for us.

[Al Skierkiewicz]

The 5" plywood as referred to in the bumper rules is the bumper in cross section. i.e.Two stacked 2-1/2" pool noodles backed by a 5" high, 3/4" plywood covered in fabric. Where ever you have 2 pool noodles they are backed by 3/4" plywood as long as other parts of the rules are satisfied. Vertical sections in the corners for instance, and the 1" hard parts specification.