Fasteners extending outside the FRAME PERIMETER

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Originally Posted by Joe Johnson

But at least teams have time to fix it.

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Well done GDC.

Joe J.

This is true, assuming they know they have a problem.

I am in no way blaming the GDC for me being dumb when working on our frame. The rules as written were crystal clear and we plain and simple messed up.

Luckily the dirty fix requires very little work and the clean one may be well within our capabilities as well (the question becomes is it worth the time)

EDIT: Paul's post made me think about this a bit more and I now agree with him that Update 6/7 could be extremely obnoxious for teams. A vertical member with a fastener at the bottom (below the bumper zone) and at the top (in the bumper zone) was previously perfectly fine and is now illegal.

To be fair there certainly was a rules oddity here that needed addressing. The rules allowed for the bumpers to be pocketed to allow room for fasteners, but the bumpers had to be mounted to the frame perimeter which was defined by these fasteners.

I still feel the appropriate way out of this hole is allowing for minor protrusions as defined in Update 6/7 to stick out from the vertical projection of the Frame Perimeter (whether above, below, or in the bumper zone) provided everything stays within the 28"x38" box.