TEAM 406 NEEDS HELP!!!!!

[maltz1881]

Our Team has competed with only 5 kids in the past. It is very doable. We now have 12 kids. Sure larger teams may have an advantage in some areas however your team will know each other like the back of your hand. It is difficult to do that with 50 or 60 kids.

The kit has just about everything you need to build a nice robot. Sure you may not be able to put $2500.00 into it but most teams don't anyways. Esp. in this economy. Our kids have collected pop cans ( we have a deposit on them ) and raised over $300.00 in a few days. That was with 5 kids!

Cheer up you have something available to you that most kids in the world ever will. Think positive. Find a team near you, they will help I would bet on it!

I wish you the best of luck!

[robert.hatchett]

Our team started with 7 students, the school principal, and myself. We worked out of a basement with my toolbox. Not a lot of funding and the superstructure was painted 2x4's. Yet we completed the build season, participated well, and learned much.

It is the experience of the six week challenge that is important, not the amount of students/money/resources available, nor is it about scoring/ranking at competition.

Link up with other teams if possible, but at the very least use the experience as character building.

This is a preparation for life, not a guarantee of high placement in the competition.

Good luck and keep your head up!