to those of you who replied, THANKYOU!!!!! I didn't really have my hopes too high on this post, was kinda expecting a few *you may be in over your head* type posts; i gotta say I was blown away by all your support! It's definately given me some hope, I talked to my uncle *the engineer* last night and he said he'd be more than willing to help out ... I've been really surprised in that everybody I've mentioned this to seems to be really excited about it! I'm from Melbourne, Australia, so that's where I'll be going back to dave. . I know of a few uni's in melbourne with great engineering programs and I'm sure that somewhere in there would have to be robotics.. an airline sponsor is a great idea, had never even thought of that...but, would definately be worth looking into! As for starting 24 teams, maybe not next year
lol but who knows where it may lead in years to come, I think once the first one was started it would be a downhill run
oh..and cute name - wombot.. don't be surprised if you see it in a year or two..really cute
thanks again for all the support guys, you guys are great!