10-01-2010, 08:50
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Alumni turned Mentor
AKA: Branden Gunn
 FRC #4761 Team Role: Mentor
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Join Date: Jan 2007
Rookie Year: 1996
Location: Reading, MA
Posts: 862
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Re: Pic: would this chassis shape be legal?
The manual states
100% bumper coverage
fully backed up bumpers (touching frame)
6" bumper segment length
3" ball intrusion max
In short, the proposed design by the OP is not legal on many counts.
the 6" bumper segment length also applies to chamfered corners, not just length and width of the robot.
the robot bumper perimeter (shape of the frame) only has to fit inside the 28x38 rectangle, and follow all bumper rules. Everything else is up to you - hexagon? Octagon? Circle? random 5 sided shape? All legal.
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