Are the mandatory bumpers helping or hurting?

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Are the mandatory bumpers helping or hurting?

View Poll Results: Are bumpers helping or hurting FRC? / Do you want to see them next year?
They are helping FRC	114	64.77%
They are hurting FRC	17	9.66%
I don't know if they are helping or hurting FRC	14	7.95%
I want to see them next year	61	34.66%
I don't want to see them next year	32	18.18%
I am neutral about next year	33	18.75%
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18-03-2008, 20:35

Viper37

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Re: Are the mandatory bumpers helping or hurting?

Bumpers used to drive me crazy as a driver. They made the robot wider then it needed to be, and got caught up on the slightest obstructions. With a well designed and constructed frame, damage should not even be an issue. With the GM Ind Design Award for example, robustness was something they were looking for. We won it last year, using bumpers only once we were in Atlanta.

Just me 2 cents.

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