Yay .. bumpers?

[1166]

First Id like to say Happy Valentine's Day everybody! Then what are some of things all of you are making your bumpers out if? J/w I was thinking of foam or tennis balls...
-Vex

[1166]

does nobody answer? mew?

[matt111]

some teams use those pool noodle raft things and they seem to work...

[Phil_Lutz]

And all you need to do is tie-wrap them on

[Aignam]

We don't build our bumpers outside of the 36 by 30 zone, so they aren't 'technically' bumpers, but our robot is surrounded in 1/8" diamond plate. It does the job well.

[matt111]

wasnt diamond plate illegal on robots? (this is the same stuff they use on the driver stand right??) if not disregard and pretend i never said this

[Aignam]

Originally Posted by matt111

wasnt diamond plate illegal on robots? (this is the same stuff they use on the driver stand right??) if not disregard and pretend i never said this

No. We used it last year.

[matt111]

k just checkin

[Alex Cormier]

Originally Posted by 1166

First Id like to say Happy Valentine's Day everybody! Then what are some of things all of you are making your bumpers out if? J/w I was thinking of foam or tennis balls...
-Vex

last year we made our bumpers out of foam coated with some lexan that was very thin hertes a link to a picture i uploaded last year.
http://www.chiefdelphi.com/pics/bin/...down_boxes.jpg

[Alaina]

814 likes to make bumpers out of some type of foam covered in upholstrey.

[Austin]

Last year we molded bumpers out of rubber, polyurethane I believe, but we opted not to use them, weight, etc. kept us from doing so.