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Re: FTC - Tetrix kit vs. Matrix kit?

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Originally Posted by Mr. B. View Post
Question to all FTC teams/mentors...I will be adding the FTC program this coming fall to our FIRST program offerings and wanted to get input from FTC teams as to which FTC kit they would recommend Textrix or Matrix we purchase? I've been reading the kit descriptions but figured that asking those who have used these kits would be the best path to go! I would appreciate your input and thoughts on this topic!

Thanks,

Mr. B.
Back in my day. We didn't have all these choices.
It was Tetrix or nothing.

Tetrix has it's flaws. However, having messed with Matrix a little bit this past season. I think I'll be sticking with Tetrix until I see a need for some small matrix components. The V2 motors are the best revision yet. Even I haven't burnt one out yet. (I was very good at killing V1 motors.)

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Originally Posted by JTN View Post
I hope this explains why my team uses Matrix over Tetrix.
http://youtu.be/lDmdjNbFbQg
I'll counter with this is why 3864 uses Tetrix.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z94A1GlU8Xk
Our robot is the one that the Y-NOT bot's team is face towards most of the match. It's pretty cool to me that it seems that 92 and 3864 came to very similar conclusions on the best way to score blocks. It was sad that we never played together in San Antonio.

Finally a throw back to my first season as captain of GForce. (Now Global Force). We had some pretty stellar rookie results. (World Championship Winning Alliance). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F59FXI30jzw

I'll be at IRI as well. Volunteering more than likely.
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2010 FTC World Championship Winner & 2013-2014 FRC Orlando Regional Winner
Mentor FRC Team 1102 M'Aiken Magic
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Former Student & Mentor FLL 1102, FTC 1102 & FTC 3864, FRC 1772, FRC 5632
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