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Re: How many teams are 100% student built

No...

We aren't 100% student built. Not even 100% student assembled. Most of the assembly is done by students.

Let's see. I like the way Cody Carey layed out rough percentages of stuff that is done by mentors and students.

100% of the design is done by students.
100% of CADing is done by students.
100% of prototyping is done by students.
~90% of assembly is done by students.
~70% of programming is done by students (simply because the software team is shorthanded, there comes a time when mentors do need to step in)
Almost all in-house machining is done by mentors (don't really have the time to train kids to use the machines.)
We do have mentors look over designs to make sure they aren't outrageous.
Mentors teach us calculations of certain things.
Mentors help us solve big problems when they show up.

Yeah, I can't say we are 100% student built. Sometimes I'd like to say we are, and others I really wouldn't. Yeah, this program is intended to teach the students, but why not let the mentors have some fun? They are giving up their personal time to do this after all.
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