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cars:bumpers [2017/07/31 13:48]
zrobinson92
cars:bumpers [2019/07/24 12:24] (current)
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 Your car needs bumpers! Your car needs bumpers!
  
-Paraphrased,​ from the [[http://​www.powerracingseries.org/​rules|Rules]]:​ "All teams are required to have front and rear bumper-like structures that are between 4 and 6 inches from the ground. The bumpers should be firmly attached to your frame. Teams should ​soften up the edges of the bumpers ​in some way, perhaps using strips ​of rubber. The bumpers should be blunt, simple and not means to make a kebab out of somebody."+Paraphrased,​ from the [[http://​www.powerracingseries.org/​rules|Rules]]:​ "All teams are required to have front and rear bumper-like structures that are between 4 and 6 inches from the ground. The bumpers should be firmly attached to your frame. Teams should ​construct their front and rear bumpers ​out of a 2x4 or something ​of the like."
  
-After Maker Faire Detroit 2017 there has been discussion about using wood for bumpers rather than metalWe had multiple cars destroy the water-filled barriers ​and metal has way of tearing through thingswhich is not something we want. Wood can be hard, but also can break, it's a trade-off, right?+When you are attaching a wooden bumper to your car, **DO NOT USE SCREWS**When your bumper breaks or falls off, it may have screws sticking out of it. This is bad for tires and people! Use bolts instead. They are less stabby. As general rule of thumbyour bumpers are supposed to be not stabby, but especially not stabby for the barricades that line the race track.
  
-Square cut tubular bumpers can be made completely safe by welding black iron pipe caps onto the ends of the tubes. The pipe caps can be found at any hardware store and are cheap. They are round and blunt and will not tear through the barriers and are safe for collisions with other karts. +Cartastrophe has pretty much treated their front wooden bumper as a consumable item, and replaces it all the time. This seems to be a good approach. ​Cartastrophe says: "We have 4 bolts to hold on the 2x4A new bumper ​is always just a matter of 1 cut, and 4 holes drilled."
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-Cartastrophe has pretty much treated their front wooden bumper as a consumable item, and replaces it all the time. This seems to be a good approach. +
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-If you are attaching a wooden bumper ​to your car, **DO NOT USE SCREWS**When your bumper ​breaks or falls offit may have screws sticking out of it. This is bad for times and people! Use bolts instead. They are less stabby.+
  
 +Basically you want rounded and/or breakable bumpers that will not harm things (most importantly the barricades) and/or people.
  
  
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