I can tell you what we're planning to do after we get our kit of parts. :-) My team is having a meeting on January 5th at night (it depends on how long it'll take us to drive back down) and we're going to put all the parts out on a table and we're going to get everyone very well aquainted with all the parts. Even the "what in the world could this possibly be used for?" parts.
Hmm...so pretty much what DJ said. That's what we did for the two years I was on 263 (and those were the team's first two years as well). We actually had a nice guy from FESTO come and show us a pneumatics board in October. So, that's the plan.
It's kinda weird being a rookie again, but on the same note, kinda fun.
~Christina