New Bumper rule interpretation - straight from the lead inspector

[Gary Dillard]

And Dave wonders why we spend so much time lawyering each detail of the rules...................

Friday at Florida Regional, the lead inspector comes around to every team in the pits who had bumpers and explains that there was a ruling made at FIRST dealing with standard bumper construction that did not get passed down to the inspectors, and any team that was not in compliance had to modify their bumpers before they could compete on Saturday.

Text in R37 Figure 8-1 says, "Aluminum angle attached with wood screws to "clamp" fabric - using only staples and glue may also work but will not likely as secure"

Interpretation - you must have aluminum angle with wood screws to secure the fabric. Staples and glue alone are not adequate.

I had a friendly debate with him about it, but you know the drill - he doesn't make the rules, he just has to enforce them. So we (and several other teams) put the angles on.

Add one more to Paul's list I guess.