pic: Second year team needs your help: Are these bumpers legal?!?!!?

[Tyler Olds]

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[Akash Rastogi]

lolololololololololol

Looks sick Tyler.

[synth3tk]

Something about those bumpers seem illegal, but I can't place my finger on it...

[wilsonmw04]

Hiya Dude,
you need to take a step back and reread the rules on the bumpers. Read the WHOLE section. FIRST has detailed exactly how to make legal bummers using pool noodles, fabric. Aluminum angle and plywood. please read page 11 in "the robot" section of the rules. Those are not suggested bumpers, those are how they need to look in order to pass inspection.

[Isaac501]

This is some sort of joke, right?

If it's not a joke, I suggest you go back and read the manual, cover to cover, several times, spending a great amount of time on section 8.3.1, and also all of the rule updates.

[EricLeifermann]

I can't believe that you posted this on here Tyler! You call me all the time asking about rules and i don't even get called about the bumpers!?!?!? I could have told you that if you just make them like 2 times as big you can easily fit your team number in there and be legal!

I think im going to take a day or 2 off of my spring break to take a trip to the Wisconsin regional and see this thing in action.

[IndySam]

Can't use just use red and blue urethane instead?

[Jeff Pahl]

I'm gonna say no just because I don't want to have to compete with that thing (twice)

Looks great Tyler!!

[BrendanB]

Um those bumpers are illegal as they obviously weigh more than 20lbs. LOL

Nice bot by the way!

[Chris is me]

Originally Posted by wilsonmw04

Hiya Dude,
you need to take a step back and reread the rules on the bumpers. Read the WHOLE section. FIRST has detailed exactly how to make legal bummers using pool noodles, fabric. Aluminum angle and plywood. please read page 11 in "the robot" section of the rules. Those are not suggested bumpers, those are how they need to look in order to pass inspection.

2826 has definitely built a quality robot with legal bumpers before. They're just kidding.

Originally Posted by Jeff Pahl

I'm gonna say no just because I don't want to have to compete with that thing (twice)

Looks great Tyler!!

Why do you think I moved to New York???

[Karibou]

It's week 5, I'm running on 5 hours of sleep, typing coherent sentences takes several tries and requires over-use of the backspace key, and the pessimism is setting in. Thank you for making me laugh [:

[MrForbes]

Are those genuine rubber baby buggy bumpers?

[wilsonmw04]

Originally Posted by Chris is me

2826 has definitely built a quality robot with legal bumpers before. They're just kidding.

Didn't sense the sarcasm in the first read. Didn't get it in the second or third either. My sarcasm meter must be defective, or it could be the fact that I haven't met with my team in 9 days and I might be a tad depressed seeing how far behind we are.

[EricH]

What tipped me off was that an MC, 2nd year mentor and more-years-than-that participant "partially skimmed" Section 6 to find bumper information.

That's something that means 1) You're REALLY, REALLY lousy at knowing what you're doing in this competition, or 2) You're making a joke.

By the way, you are planning on removing those or filling in the gaps to comply with <R07>'s attachment requirements (refined in Update 6 and Update 7), right?

[Pausert]

I'm going to take a stab that this is actually some sort of awesome bumper /attachment/ system.