I've heard of teams doing both. The advantage to printing is that you can parallelize the build process. My team was able to knock out 9 of the 10 models in 2 1/2 hours last Saturday. If you do print them, you can print in black and white because the instructions list the color of all of the parts for each step. -Frank Levine On Thu, Aug 14, 2014 at 9:13 AM, Penny Moss <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > As a rookie coach, I have a silly question. Do most people print out the > building instructions or do you work off looking directly at the computer. > Printing would be hundreds of pages!!! > > -Penny > > On Jul 31, 2014, at 10:39 PM, VA-DC Referee Advisor <[log in to unmask]> > wrote: > > FLL Coaches and Teams, > The World Class mission model build instructions will be posted > tomorrow, Friday, August 1, at 12 noon Virginia-DC time. They will be on > the web at > http://www.firstlegoleague.org/challenge/missionmodelbuildinginstructions > > Even if you don't have your field kit yet, you can still take a look at > the model pictures and guess what your robot's tasks might be. We won't > know for sure until August 26th, so let your team's imagination really run > free. > > Lots of teams like to get together during August or after they form in > September to have a "build party". Team members can get familiar with uses > for different types of LEGO pieces and have the mission models ready to go. > > For rookie coaches, and others who'd like to get more comfortable with > FLL, keep an eye on the FLL Coach Calls that will be listed at > http://www.firstlegoleague.org/challenge/teamresources (plus, you can > start by listening to some of the recordings from last year--the basics of > mentoring a team apply every year--only the specifics of the robot game and > the project challenge should change.) There is a lot of good material > linked from the Coach/Team Resources page, so try to check there multiple > times during the season for help. > > From the FLL Challenge website, you'll be able to link to FAQs about this > year's project: > http://www.firstlegoleague.org/challenge/projectupdates > > to the Robot Game updates: > http://www.firstlegoleague.org/challenge/robotgameupdates > > and to the official rules about tournament judging and awards, plus > advancement: > http://www.firstlegoleague.org/event/judging > http://www.firstlegoleague.org/event/judgingfaq > > Just remember our FLL Core Values ( > http://www.firstlegoleague.org/mission/corevalues): > > We have FUN! > > > Steve Scherr > Virginia-DC FLL Referee Advisor > > > ------------------------------ > To UNSUBSCRIBE or CHANGE your settings, please visit > https://listserv.jmu.edu/archives/vadcfll-l.html and select "Join or > leave the list". > VADCFLL administrative announcements are sent via VADCFLL-ANNOUNCEMENTS-L. > Visit https://listserv.jmu.edu/archives/vadcfll-announcements-l.html to > subscribe. > > ------------------------------ > To UNSUBSCRIBE or CHANGE your settings, please visit > https://listserv.jmu.edu/archives/vadcfll-l.html and select "Join or > leave the list". > VADCFLL administrative announcements are sent via VADCFLL-ANNOUNCEMENTS-L. > Visit https://listserv.jmu.edu/archives/vadcfll-announcements-l.html to > subscribe. > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE or CHANGE your settings, please visit https://listserv.jmu.edu/archives/vadcfll-l.html and select "Join or leave the list". -- VADCFLL administrative announcements are sent via VADCFLL-ANNOUNCEMENTS-L. Visit https://listserv.jmu.edu/archives/vadcfll-ANNOUNCEMENTS-l.html to subscribe.