Pit crews, how many students?

[fire chaser 134]

Originally Posted by mpf312

this may seem obvious to some, yet what is the forula or steps taken to decide how many students are in your pit crew?

with my team usually the pit crew consisted of the people who really knew the robot plus one or two others who maintained the batteries.

[amateurrobotguy]

With our whole team, we only have 5 students and 2 adults(mentors). So, I guess we all can work in the pits. I am programming, 1 is power tools(Building, frame, etc.), 1 is strenght/Misc., 1 is electronics, and 1 is electronics/programming

[nicole839]

we usually have 2 public relationship, showing displays and answering questions

the strategist (moi)
the drivers and hp (who generally also do mechanical repairs)
maybe on other repair man or chick (RCU here)
one electrical
one programming
mentors go as they need to

actually since we're kieeping a body count on the pit (live ones anyways) i'm making pit passes, for prolonged pit time. otherwise things get crowded fast, and things get hectic.