[EricH]

Originally Posted by ThaineP

We have eight people, you sure we need more mentors?

If you only have one, yes you need another one or two at least. If nothing else, get a Non-Engineering Mentor (NEM) to help with paperwork and logistics (or, if you already have one of those, get an engineer so you have good technical advice).

As for why, the answer is that one mentor is likely to get burned out faster if they don't have help. Then you don't have a mentor...

On 330, I believe that there are somewhere around 10 mentors available at any given time. Not all of them will actually be building the robot, and maybe not all of them are in the shop. Some might be doing college homework, some might be relaxing at home, some will be in the shop. Takes a lot of the stress off; the mentors now are pretty much the same group as was there during my time on the team, with one or two new mentors and one or two that have decided not to do robotics any more. (I last competed in 2007.)