Newb question: weight limit

[Djur]

Originally Posted by Trez

So my team could hold on to our custom made bumpers and work on them some more, as long as they weigh less than 30 pounds?

I believe bumpers have to be bagged along with the robot. (The closest I can find to an answer is this part of the manual that says we can bag bumpers separately.) See if you can find anything out about that before you bag, though.

[EricH]

Originally Posted by Djur

I believe bumpers have to be bagged along with the robot. (The closest I can find to an answer is this part of the manual that says we can bag bumpers separately.) See if you can find anything out about that before you bag, though.

"I believe" doesn't cut it...

You may want to read the above-quoted rule. You get up to 30 lb of fabricated material that you can bring in outside the bag. There are no restrictions on what that fabricated material is. So, you could use it for your bumpers if you wanted to. You could use it for a shooter or an appendage. You could use it for the control system. You could not use it at all! You could use it for any combination of the above.

Bumpers do not have to be bagged with the robot, or in the second bag. However, if they are not bagged, they count towards the 30 lb of fabricated items.

To further this question, would sautering wires on a motor count as COTS anymore?

[Daniel_LaFleur]

Originally Posted by SuperNerd256

To further this question, would sautering wires on a motor count as COTS anymore?

Motors with soldered wires on it are no longer COTS (unless you can buy them with the wires soldered on).

[Jaxom]

Originally Posted by Djur

I believe bumpers have to be bagged along with the robot. (The closest I can find to an answer is this part of the manual that says we can bag bumpers separately.) See if you can find anything out about that before you bag, though.

They must be bagged with the robot, or at the same time in a separate bag (per that rule you cited). There's a Q&A from FRC2988 (2/16) that says if they're not suitably bagged they count as part of your 30 lbs set-aside.

[Bill_B]

A COTS item becomes a fabricated item when you do something to it that changes it noticeably. If the fabricated item is not going to be part of your robot, the holdback restriction does not apply. Any items, fabricated or COTS, that are not part of your robot do not need to be bagged on stop-build day (unless you want to). This leaves you the responsibility to bring fabricated things like your driver station, a battery cart, a robot cart, or your pit-area furniture to each of the competitions you're attending along with your bagged robot.

I've read this three times now, and I've got a lot of other things on my mind for the 24 hours coming up. My apologies in advance for inadvertent errors, if they've been included. [/fake signature]