[WLitchfield]

Our school doesent back us at either so we do a lot of fundraising and even then end up in debt at the end of the season. Its also hard for us to get sponsors b/c were a suburban middle class town. Most of the trips our payed totally from our pockets and the sponsors we do get go to paying for the kit and regionals. Our robot is often well built but not to complex or expensive so it amuses me when we beat highly sponsored teams such as Nasa, Boeing, Lockheed Martin, GM, etc. No offense to these teams but when a $1000 robot beats a $5000+ CNC'd or Water Cut bot it puts a smile on my face. But hell, I'd still love to have those kind of sponsors backed by 30 engineers w/ state o the art equipment. 348