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Re: Looking to Start an FRC Team

1) Yes it is possible to be the driving force behind starting a FIRST team. All it takes is one person to step up to the plate to get things going. The more help you can find (teams in the area that are all ready started) the better and faster things will go. Trust me, there are plenty of teams out there that are willing to help even if they aren’t from your area.
Adult leadership is a big part, mainly for safety reasons. This is because you as a student will be working with tools that you way not know how to use, it is always best to have adults around to help you learn about the processes of making parts as well as help you with any questions.
Mentors/Parents, it doesn't matter. Whoever wants to help, let them, the help will always be needed. But it is a good thing to have at least one engineering type mentor, even if it is a parent who knows a how to fix a car. Mechanical skills help allot when building the robots...allot.
2) All you need are a drill of some sort, and a hack saw. Yes band saws and drill presses are nice to have and make things go faster, but all you need to have is something o cut with and something to drill with. Nice tools to have though are a drill press and a band saw, as well as a mill and lathe.
3) We use our sponsor's building to build the field in, you don’t need an entire field setup, all you really need are the basic components so you can test your robot.

One thing you didn't ask about, and is a big key, is money. Money is what keeps teams alive and it is better to find a sponsor than do 30 bake sales a year. Yes it may be hard to go and find just one company willing to dish out all of the money, but you cans till have multiple companies with a $500 or so donation (banks are a good resource)

CD (chief Delphi) is a great resource in finding help with particular topics that have anything and everything to do with starting a new team. My guess is that you will have a team started up for next year and you will do great.
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