[gweaver]

I know it's a moot point, and all this discussion is academic, but as a previous poster said, it's a rookie team, which suggests, among other things, they don't have any stockpile of old parts to play with. Granted, most of the first week or so is design, but there's still the control system to learn and various systems to become familiar with (pneumo, drive, wiring, etc). I don't know if they should have a full extension of 11 days, but I would not be opposed to an extra 3-4 days.

As was previously mentioned, there don't seem to be any experienced teams to help them in their area.

I'd be curious to see how some of the experienced teams would do, if they were given a challenge (via video) and then a printed document (with conflicting measurements), but not provided with actual parts for almost two weeks. And I'm not talking about an FRC type challenge that those teams are familiar with, but something completely new, that they've had zero experience with. The only resource those teams would have would be the internet. Hmmm...

Just my thoughts,
G