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Originally Posted by reymac
What is a good number of students to bring into the pits? We are wanting to cap it to 13.
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13 is way too many. Sometimes we'll have 8, and that's a lot. Usually it's it's maybe 4 students and 1-3 mentors working at a time. Programmers and Drive Team stay close (in districts, really close because there's no time to go anywhere) and work on the bot directly when they need to or code/strategize when they can. Mentors and scouts come down for consults and practice field time as well as when we go to the field (to ensure there are people there to talk to judges and other teams).
Remember pits are at best 10x10' with a 30x40" robot in the middle and usually a 2.5'? table at the back, plus whatever else you bring. With our shelf and rolling toolbox, 13 people wouldn't have room to move. We get there occasionally, but clearing the pit is a delicate art.