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Unread 04-08-2009, 21:57
Mark Pendergast Mark Pendergast is offline
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FRC #1760 (Robo-Titans)
Team Role: Leadership
 
Join Date: Dec 2005
Rookie Year: 2006
Location: Kokomo, IN
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Re: Beginner team, where to begin?

1760 started out in the home ec room of our school. We ran our entire first season on about $9,000 ($6,000 entry + $3,000 parts, equipment, travel and T-shirts). All my toolboxes at home have 1760 pasted on them somewhere because that was our stock of tools the entire first year. I would not buy anything until you know what you need.

We built our first robot out of the kitbot and wood because it was cheap and I knew how to work with it. We designed our first robot and then went and bought exactly what we needed. (Save your receipts to return anything you don't use.)

Pinch those pennies till they squeal.
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