Bumper Material Poll

[Procolsaurus]

What fabric did your team choose this year to cover their bumpers?

[Al Skierkiewicz]

1000D Cordura is recommended and that is what we use. That is not a choice on your survey.

[Jon Stratis]

Originally Posted by Al Skierkiewicz

1000D Cordura is recommended and that is what we use. That is not a choice on your survey.

Same here. Bumpers are already cut and printed, and sewing started last night!

[JohnBoucher]

Originally Posted by Al Skierkiewicz

1000D Cordura is recommended and that is what we use. That is not a choice on your survey.

Ditto. Some retailers call it Duck Cloth.

[MrForbes]

you forgot "what came in FIRST Choice"

[Procolsaurus]

Cordura is a nylon blend and Duck cloth is 100% cotton.

[Tim Sharp]

Originally Posted by Al Skierkiewicz

1000D Cordura is recommended and that is what we use. That is not a choice on your survey.

Cordura is a brand name of Nylon. We use the same material. We order it from Seattle Fabrics.

[Conor Ryan]

Super relevant thread

Has anyone successfully used multiple bumper materials? I haven't checked the Q&A but the rules do not address it.

Friction with Polycarb should be a concern this year because of the gates. Bumper engineering was coming of age in later 2014, but 2015's game set it back a year.

[Sperkowsky]

We are using the Slick bumper material (Nylon) from AM.

[RoboChair]

Citrus Circuits uses Ballistic Nylon on our bumpers.

[GeeTwo]

Originally Posted by Conor Ryan

Super relevant thread

Has anyone successfully used multiple bumper materials? I haven't checked the Q&A but the rules do not address it.

Friction with Polycarb should be a concern this year because of the gates. Bumper engineering was coming of age in later 2014, but 2015's game set it back a year.

R21 c requires that the pool noodles be consistent around the robot, but I did not see anything requiring consistent fabric. We purchased both "traditional" and "slick" fabric from AndyMark shortly before the game reveal. As we have a largely offensive strategy, we plan to make bumpers from the slick "sailcloth" material. We will probably also make a set with the classic cordura and have them handy in case we get called on to play defense; there's no rule I can find that says you can't bring and use four sets of bumpers!

[dradel]

Only thing I remember seeing is the weight limit per set.

[DarkRune]

Originally Posted by RoboChair

Citrus Circuits uses Ballistic Nylon on our bumpers.

Care to share a link to what you use? I know my team is looking into ballistic nylon, I'm curious to where teams are sourcing theirs from.

[Richard Wallace]

We are going with the slick fabric from RoboPromo.

[RoboChair]

Originally Posted by DarkRune

Care to share a link to what you use? I know my team is looking into ballistic nylon, I'm curious to where teams are sourcing theirs from.

http://www.rockywoods.com/Fabrics-Ki...pellent-Finish

Dark Navy and Red