pic: almost there

[Stillen]

ok guys, ive read , re-read, had others read the rules... Obviously there is some confusion, on our part.... Please refer to our picture above.

The front of our robot only has a total of six inches of frame, IN the bumper zone. That is 3 inches on each side....

The rules state we require 6 inches of bumper on each side of a corner, but they also state that up to a 1/3 of the bumper perimeter may be unprotected. As we only have 3 inches on one side of the corner, can't we just wrap the noodles around the 3 inches which qualifies as "protecting" the corner and still falls under the 1/3 unprotected area where the ball entry is. There is no frame to support the other 3 inches and this becomes a hole in the rules.