vertical frame perimeter

[akoscielski3]

I believe that is fine. However you need to remember that your bumpers must be within the 2-10in zone and must be supported by you Frame Perimeter. The bumpers can not have a zone bigger than 8in, in which they are not supported by the frame perimeter. Someone else may wont to explain this, as i am a bad explainer.

here is the rule i was talking about
[R33]
Bumpers must be supported by the structure/frame of the Robot (i.e. each end of the Bumper must be rigidly attached to the Frame Perimeter, the gap between the backing material and the frame must not be greater than ¼ in. and no section of Bumper greater than 8 in. may be unsupported). See Figure 4‑7.

[Grim Tuesday]

In response to the question of the deleted thread, what defines the frame perimeter:

"The Frame Perimeter of a Robot is defined by the outer-most set of exterior vertices on the Robot that are within the Bumper Zone, which is between 2 and 10 in. from the floor."

-[R01-2]


That is to say, you may but do not have to go up to 28*38" in frame perimeter, but in the application of the term 'Frame Perimeter' to other rules, it is relative to your robots perimeter, not the maximum allowable.

[thefro526]

Originally Posted by akoscielski3

I believe that is fine. However you need to remember that your bumpers must be within the 2-10in zone and must be supported by you Frame Perimeter. The bumpers can not have a zone bigger than 8in, in which they are not supported by the frame perimeter. Someone else may wont to explain this, as i am a bad explainer.

here is the rule i was talking about
[R33]
Bumpers must be supported by the structure/frame of the Robot (i.e. each end of the Bumper must be rigidly attached to the Frame Perimeter, the gap between the backing material and the frame must not be greater than ¼ in. and no section of Bumper greater than 8 in. may be unsupported). See Figure 4‑7.

If they're using the AM Lift Kit or similar and their actual frame is 10.5" off the ground then it's in Violation of R01-2 as noted in my above post. The frame Perimeter is defined only by what resides in the plane of the bumper zone. If the only think in that zone is are the brackets of the lift kit, then they're going to need a subframe of some sort to correctly define their frame perimeter. (The Polygon defined by the exterior vertices of the lift brackets is substantially smaller than the frame required to support them.)