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Re: Underestimating the Trailer

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Originally Posted by Petey View Post
I bet it'd be hard, but I'm pretty sure it's possible. You don't need a square chassis, all you need is a way to construct your back end in such a way that the sides of the hexagon abut the back end of your bot while the trailer tongue is pulled pretty far in while also observing the other rules about attaching easily and not hitting the walls before bumpers.

e: what's the shear strength of the bolt?

Just remember that the hitch has to be on the bumper perimeter. Even if you put an indentation, the outer vertices would still define a polygon which would put your hitch not on the bumper perimeter.

Also, to EricH, you only need bumpers on 2/3 of the bumper perimetier. The entire bumper perimeter exists whether on not there are bumpers on the robot.
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