54" Diameter and Bumeprs..

Competition Rules/Strategy
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I am surprised I did not see this year…

Q44 Q. Does the 54" diameter cylinder include the bumpers or not. R05 ambiguous.
FRC0175 on 2013-01-10 | 20 Followers
A. Yes, BUMPERS are considered part of the ROBOT for [G23]. This will be addressed in Team UPDATE - 2013-01-11.

What is the thought here… This really screws over our design concepts including our chassis.

P.S. if this is adressed elsewhere please let me know ill delete this thread.

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There are a few other threads for this, but yeah, it makes climbing significantly more difficult.