How Many Students Allowed on Floor

[DonRotolo]

As has been mentioned, you should not have so many people in the pit that you spill out into the aisle. 3-8 is a good number to consider, but remember you need to prioritize that to folks that will work on the robot.

[kevin.li.rit]

We can fit our entire team in the pit with room for the robot!

[Al Skierkiewicz]

Anthony,
You will find that the pit swells following a match where the team has done very well or has done miserably. Everyone wants to congratulate the drivers or find out what happened. Pits will be very busy on Saturday morning with spectators, visitors and team members. At that time you might want to impose a limit on yourself. We start shooing our members back to the stands if it gets crowded.

[Carol]

Some venues will give each team a photo pass that allows a team photographer on the field as well, or close to the field. But that is not regulated by FIRST but by the event's organizers, based on the specifics of the venue.

[Seth Mallory]

It is also a good idea not to crowed the isle around your pit.

[cadandcookies]

Originally Posted by Seth Mallory

It is also a good idea not to crowed the isle around your pit.

So true. The aisle gets crowded enough without tons of extra people.

Team 2220 keeps very close track of who should or should not be in our pit. We keep that number less than five-- a mentor, two repair people, and our pit rep, with an extra repairs specialist for particular components. This is completely a team thing-- we can't have our entire team in the pit, or there wouldn't be space for anything else (though I am tempted to try to stuff 110 people in our pit just to see if it's possible).