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Wide C-Base Frame Corners

Searched to no avail looking for the answer, but we're currently getting dinged by the lead inspector at the MAR Lenape regional for our c-base frame corners. The exterior corners create a 1"x1" open section as per the assembly instructions for the wide frame configuration.

http://www.usfirst.org/sites/default...de%20Final.pdf

See our robot here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/frc2590...in/photostream

Lead inspector claims that the rear corners have 2 individual vertices, making it a 6 sided robot. Then claims that since there isn't 8" of bumper from each vertex that it's illegal. In my eyes, our bumpers meet up at the "projected" corner and follow rule R28B of not extending more than 1" past the frame perimeter.

I can't believe that if this was truly an illegal configuration that FIRST would supply and then direct you to illegal assembly instructions. Lead inspector didn't address that, just said that "AndyMark isn't FIRST". Though true, the c-base is in every KoP with the included instructions for assembly.

He told us to stick something 1"x1" in the corner to make those 2 vertices turn into 1. We taped a piece of 1" tube into the corner - seems ridiculous.

Any thoughts / relevant rule interpretations / Q&A questions?
 


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