Saftey Glasses

[MegaSparks]

In St. Louis the judges were expecting no more than 6 people total in the pit at any time. Taking this into account we have limited the number of people in the pit to a maximum of six and still they are stepping on one another. I would personally like to see a maximum of 4 or 5 to maintain a safe environment to work in.

[Elgin Clock]

I believe the saying "The more the merrier" applies everywhere but in the pits.

2 people should be the minimum so you have a safe lift team for your robot, and maybe 5-6 should be your maximum.

I'll admit my team has a problem with this being rather large, and with most people interested in knowing what's up with the robot (especially after matches where the robot has taken a beating). Everyone wants to rush back to the pits after matches like that, and ask the pit crew what's happened.

Note that as a Safety Advisor I'll be looking for this among other things in Philadelphia this year.

Just keep it safe no matter how many people are there, but keep a fair limit.

Your team's pit area isn't a Volkswagen or a Phone booth folks..
Let's not try to set records as to how many people we can fit in there.

[Danny McC]

We have usually on 2 people working on the robot, our drive team, and our Safety Captain in the pits at all times. Other than this we ask the members to go talk to other teams to find out about their robot or scout(the job noone on our team wants to do). We have been pretty sucessful with safety in the past. Two safety award in Philly for the win. But yeah, I really see no need for more than the people listed above in the pits at any time. It is prety small and cramped. With more people than that in the pits it seems to get very hectic and makes it harder for the pit crew to work on the robot. I know people want to know about what is going on with the robot but they can ask the people who were in the pits. And Elgin, how about some heads up for what you will be looking for . Ha.

[BigJ]

In the pits, we usually have a pit crew of around 3, and one of:

• one or two programmers,
• special crew(lift, manipulator, electronics, etc),
• people who aren't where they are supposed to be

[Danny McC]

How many people arent supposed to be there though? Because with what you named 1 person that is not supposed to be there doesnt seem like it would hurt. Just in case you do need them for something. We've had a situation where something needed to be done but everyone else was doing something and there was an extra person there and they did the job. But this was back before my freshmen year.

[Elgin Clock]

Originally Posted by Danny McC

And Elgin, how about some heads up for what you will be looking for . Ha.

I'm sure it'll be something along the lines of what's in here:
http://www.usfirst.org/community/frc...nt.aspx?id=470

I'm actually not sure. This is my first time with this volunteer position.
I'm going to be working mostly with a crew who have worked in the S/A position before though, so rest assured we will be looking for safe behavior & recognizing that in a positive way, but I'm sure we will also be looking out for problem areas, and addressing them as well to maintain a safe environment for everyone.

[lilBcos]

mirror finishes are not allowed, ya you should try to minimize the number of people in the pit at one time