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Re: Quitting FRC for Vex?
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Originally Posted by Fusion_Clint
... The minus, is that designing is really limiting, i.e. you can build anything you want as long as you buy the parts from VEX. ... YMMV
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VRC does allow you to make custom parts, but for various reasons, they limit the type and amount of raw material you can use.
Making one or two crucial custom parts is possible. Making most of the bot from scratch, or from non-VEX COTS isn't possible (although you can cut and bend the stock VEX parts as much as you like).
About some of the other points you made, your "YMMV" ending is exactly right.
The way I like to look at things, just because you aren't forced to do something doesn't mean you can't or shouldn't do it.
Nothing in the VRC (or FTC) program stops mentors from being intensely involved for six weeks, or stops students from developing/using (outside of the explicit competition) some of the other skills you mentioned.
That flexibility to choose between simple and complex either in a single season and/or across seasons can be very liberating.
Blake
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Last edited by gblake : 16-05-2016 at 21:54.
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