[IraJason]

There are just a few things about this which would make it very difficult for everybody:

-Not being able to communicate means that all changes and modifications to the robot would have to be conveyed through the mentor, and believe me, a lot of stuff can change over a day. Things would change on the robot between each red and blue meeting and quite a bit of time would have to be taken to discuss what has been changed, how it affects the design, and how it works. Also, any potential problems in the design should be shared amongst all members, so that way everybody is up to date on what needs to be tweaked and whether the problem is known or not.

Our team has people come in and work whenever they have free time, and if were not able to communicate with each other, it would seriously affect our pace. Its better trying to keep everyone on the same page rather then having two seperate teams who each have their own agenda.

Also, having set days where certain people come in might not be the best idea. Its probably different with bigger teams that have 30/40 people, but having as many people as possible who can make an educated dicision is better then just a few, especially when you have to make a critical design change. One person may have that one great idea to fix the design, but they are sceduled to be there on the day the problem is discovered.

Last thing, forcing a whole bunch of things upon a single mentor can be a bit much, especially when they have to manage two seperate groups working on the same exact project. Your mentor is like a computer, you put in too much information for them to handle, and they are going to fry a circuit or two. I know at least our mentors prefer the students help them out in their discisions on what should be done, rather then have it all forced upon them.

However, since this actually counts as a class (with I'm presuming a dedicated teacher/mentor), rather then an afterschool activity, it could probably be structured a little bit differently then some other teams. But having two seperate groups that have pretty much no interaction with each other is probably not the best of plans.