[EricH]

Ken and dez raise a good point that the stuff is out there. However, I have been on a team for three years and around FIRST for far longer, and I have not really known where this kind of thing is. I see a pneumatics document around our build area and it's like "Where'd this come from?" I hear of various supplemental materials for the manual and I wonder what this is and where.
If we have some sort of guide that can answer most basic questions and includes where the information came from--as NoodleKnight is starting--I think that everyone will have an easier time because the veterans can refer rookies to the guide--and go there themselves. Hey, if the current manual is listed, it becomes one of a very few places where you could individually learn the basics in one (admittedly long) session.