legality of bolt and screw heads breaking plane of chassis meeting bumpers

[Vikesrock]

Originally Posted by Coach Tom

I sure hope the local regionals give some grace on this otherwise I still see a lot of out of spec robots.

After installing shims to expand our frame perimeter on our wide dimension to deal with this issue I strongly hope that regionals DO NOT give any grace on this issue.

The rule is certainly obnoxious (and perhaps a bit confusing), but it is obnoxious for everyone and I see no reason why other teams should be excused from following rules we put in the time and effort to adhere to.

[Coach Tom]

I'm glad you had an easy shim fix. My fear is that many robots were completely designed and well into fabrication by week 4.

Good luck.

[sgreco]

Originally Posted by Coach Tom

My fear is that many robots were completely designed and well into fabrication by week 4.

Yeah, I had that fear too. My team had that problem, and still does. We didn't pick up on the ever so slight change in the wording from last year, and our drivetrain was fully fabricated week 4, so we have to fix that on Thursday at WPI.

I read the other threads and still don't quite understand the intent. If I extend my frame perimeter out a quarter of an inch to cover the bolts, the bolts are still protruding, they're just a quarter inch further in in relation to the bumpers, which makes practially no difference except that it causes a lot of teams the trouble of the fix it on the first day of regionals. I'd like to see the GDC change the rule to save a lot of teams the hassle, It would have no negative effect on anyone, it just save people wasted time and effort.

[Pausert]

I would just like to say that use of "etc." in a rule is generally a bad idea in my opinion. To try to pin down an exact meaning of a rule written with it is maddening.

[joek]

we riveted 1/8" aluminum strips to either side of our frame, because we couldn't counterbore due to the space in the middle of the 1x2 8020