pic: WCD Sheet Metal Hybrid

[Michael Corsetto]

Originally Posted by AustinSchuh

I'm torn on the bumper plate strength. It does look a bit small, but your designs have always had flat plates there, and those seem to hold up. Adding in a bend which is perpendicular to the bumper would help enormously. A different design would be a flat plate on the top of the frame with 2 1/2" bends along the edges which are perpendicular to the frame.

Initially, we had thin flat plates for bumper supports to bridge the WCD gap. After our second event, we iterated to a bended support. We had a bend perpendicular to the bumper that went between top and bottom plates, so the bumper support was riveted on the top and bottom of the WCD rail. This worked out very well for us, lasting through many Aerial Assault matches. Would definitely recommend using a similar approach in place of your current solution.

Overall, very cool/creative idea, I like it.

-Mike