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Re: FTC Questions
The previous replies haven't said much about the length of the FTC season.
You can get a kit and experiment with it before the season starts.
The game/challenge is announced to the world on September 10 this year.
Each locale creates its own tournament schedule.
There might only be one tournament close enough for you to get to it. It might occur in November or it might occur in February.
There might be several tournaments close to you that are also open to you; and they could be clumped together (in time) or spread out.
Extrapolating from my modest Tetrix/FTC experience and my extensive Vex/VRC experience, I suggest that you can have a fun and successful season if you invest 40-80 labor hours into an FTC robot (some time is driving practice).
More time (and enough money for parts and multiple tournaments) translates into more iterations (more improvements).
For an FTC bot the hours obviously have be invested sometime between Sep 10 and your local tournament date(s).
Blake
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