but of course.

I wish our team could have that kind of money :(

Hey, I hear ya! :ahh:

Just a side note.. A good chunk of our money-- I can't say most bc I don't know exact figures.. But quite a bit comes from our own fundraising.. Seperate from GM...We work a total of 13 Ford Field (Detroit Lions Home) Games and Events at a concession stand.. Each student is required to work 9 of those. We also do many pop can drives/ garage sales/ pizza kit sales/ etc..It's a do-able thing for other teams to have two robots.. You just need to organize the fundraisers... Just a thought for everyone...

Alexis

By doing fundraisers alone I don't think your team has raised $50,000+ If you have, stellar job. Helps to have a big team like that. The Lions fundraisers are $300 for the whole team each time.. unless we got a raw deal last year.

I know how fundraising goes man, I've done a lot of it.

To answer your fist question we raise the arms with a wench system powered by the window motor. The second stage of the arm rotates using a globe motor. We did not want this section to be forced upward so we used a worm grear to provide the reduction. The 3rd stage, is free for the most part, however it is assisted into position using a gas shock that was not in the picture.

To answer your second question you will just have to come and see us at a regional. :D

I'm not sure how much exactly we made from each game, however I know it was significantly more than $300. The part that Alexis didn't mention was that the team was running 4 booths for each of the games.

Also, our team only consists of about 20 students.

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Actually I can't give you exact figures, but I can tell you that the total was between 30,000 and 40,000 raised between the parents and the students and some of the advisors who volenteered their time. It is possible for smaller teams. This year the team only has 19 or 20 students, with about 7 or 8 full time advisors/mentors. For my expereinces with FIRST, I would consider this an average to small team. Good luck on your efforts.

By the way, I know that we made some times 10 times that at a Lions game.

Scott,

You need to toss strategy on the list of things you did this year too. Thanks for helping me with a concept build and convincing others!! Now its time to move on to the Tech team :D Great job bro

I don't doubt your abilities, you have a rather mid-size to large team, capable of raising a lot. And you have community support. I left a team with a very small 'dedicated' force. Very hard to raise money when those two situations coincide (Poor community support and small force).

Anyways, I'll take this up via PM if I decide to further care :). Back to the regularly scheduled robot discussion.