pic: Is this corner considered protected?

[Scott Hill]

Thanks dtengineering for your comment.

BUMPERS, plural, are protecting both sides of the the corner because the similar BUMPER on the other side of the hitch is involved when that side hits the wall.

scott

edit: more specifically, the left side of the corner in question would be protected by BUMPERS (2) per above, and the right side of the corner in question is protected by the one BUMPER segment that completely covers it and the BUMPER segment to the right which is mitered into at the oblique angle.

[Mike8519]

The corner is defined as the singular point where the "string" that defines the bumper perimiter changes angle in someway. The corner shown only has one side protected by a BUMPER.

[Gdeaver]

What is the cost of squaring out the back end and ensuring this will pass inspection? Does the teams assumption that an angled rear gives some benefit to the trailer robot driving dynamics? The robot and trailer are to the point that the team should be able to test this assumption. I content that with the trailer dynamic our team has experienced, this angled rear design may not be desirable from a driving stand point. The team at this time will only loose a little build time this week modifying the design.
What is the cost if the team decides to stay with the current design and takes their chances that they can plead their case to the inspectors and prevail. If you loose this point at inspection, you will have a nasty day Thursday trying to Kluge up a fix in the pits. Our team has been there done that. I don't want to experience it again. Those who where there on our team now take a very Conservative view to the rules.