Dilema...

[Ryan M.]

Actually, apparently it doesn't vary that much.

In the first week or two, my team meets 3 days during the week and pretty much all day Saturday.

After that time, which is where we discussed design and stuff, we split up into groups which will work on various aspects of the design. For instance, last year we have a goal grabber team, a hopper team, an arm team, a drive train team, and a controls team. Each of these groups was responsible for getting their work down and was allowed to come in when they felt in necessary. I showed up every day, because I'm a loser like that () and I had time, but some groups continued to meet just a few times each week, as they had relatively simple jobs.

And the simple jobs thing brings up a point. As a rookie team, or even as a more experienced team, simple is good. It takes less time, is less likely to fail, etc. But even simple still means you stay up till midnight the day before ship.

[Yov]

Well actually we'll probably be working more hours than most caus we have a literature final RIGHT in the middle of the time frame, and it requires study time, so it would be made up for in regular day overtime.
That is unless we manage to move the final

[Franchesca]

Originally Posted by Yov

Well actually we'll probably be working more hours than most caus we have a literature final RIGHT in the middle of the time frame, and it requires study time, so it would be made up for in regular day overtime.
That is unless we manage to move the final

Well, I think it'll be hard to move a final, but I would recommend you to try to come up with some sort of schedule that doesn't compromise your school work. You, along with everyone in your team must find a way to balance their school work with the amount of work that you have to dedicate to FIRST and building the robot. Make sure that you specify that to them that way, they are prepared for it when the time comes.

Good Luck!! And AGAIN: WELCOME TO FIRST!!

[Yov]

Well we're not really in FIRST yet, you may have won me over but I have a class full of sceptics...
Moving a final really isn't that hard actually, the school system here is very different than in the USA as far as I can gather, but I think I'm getting ahead of myself, enough research/learning 3d programs/looking at robot pics for today, I'm getting my hopes up a bit too high.

[Billfred]

Going back to the time thing...

At 1293 last year, we met Tuesday nights 6-8 PM (ish), then Saturdays from about 9 to 5. The week of shipping, we did have a few later nights, but we were normally out by 10:00 PM (after starting around 4:00).

Would more time be useful? Probably. Would more time be necessary for the completion of the robot? Doubtful.