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Originally Posted by Raddude View Post
Have any other teams not started building yet? We are planning to start on monday, but I want to know if this happened to anyone else
Every team takes it differently.

As my team has no access to computers of any sort (besides the Classmate PC that is the drive station), we aren't able to do CAD. I teach them rudimentary sketching skills, and I have them craft prototypes out of cardboard and wood.

The first weekend, I make them read the entire manual, and then craft individual ideas for strategy, before we decide on strategy as a group.

Then it's individual design, then consensus group design.

My team is also made up of approximately 60% special needs, so the clearly lain out order of operations may assist them in a way that might frustrate a team that is better able to operate independently. Teams that are better able to do things on their own will be much more efficient.

My point is, start any time you want. I have pointed out to my team that they believe in the Ri3D concept; their three days just usually commence the Sunday before Stop Build.
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