Rookie Team Passing Inspection (video)

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Originally Posted by popnbrown

Haha oh wow. I finally see it, the arrow was pointing to just the 1/4". Grr, that's annoying they should have put a Not OK as well for the 10" or at least made it smaller than 10", because that part of the diagram even if it is 1/4" is not legal. They should really fix that, that's very very misleading.

But it is legal, the rules say that gaps between the frame and bumper and be either 8'' wide and as deep as you want, OR 1/4" deep and as wide as you want.

[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.

The wording is confusing, but what it says is a bumper 1/4" or less from the frame is "supported", sections of bumper that are not "supported" can be no more than 8 inches in length. since the 10" gap is only 1/4" deep the bumper is considered to be "supported" across this gap, thus the 8" limit does not apply.