What to spend extra cash on for next year?

[Chris is me]

Originally Posted by Saqtown

Batteries, motors and the like sound good, but doesn't FRC supply teams with new ones each year?
Maybe that was just our rookie kit...

After your rookie year you only get one new battery a year. The average team should have 4-6 good batteries at a time, so buying two more for this season is a good idea.

You get new motors every year, and they change year to year - but you'll want spares of the ones you are using this year, as well as additional CIMs. CIM motors are the best in the kit and you'll easily use all four of them every year (the kit usually only comes with 2).

[sanddrag]

I believe you can give FIRST some money to hold toward next year's registration.

[wilsonmw04]

Originally Posted by sanddrag

I believe you can give FIRST some money to hold toward next year's registration.

That is correct. I would prepay for another years registration. I know that I have money that will disappear in March if I don't send it and that is what I am going to do with the money.

[tonystark_23]

Extra battery and tools are good ideas, but here is one some of you may not think of.

As a FIRST team I believe it is your job to make an impact in your community. Why don't you take that extra money and spend it towards some kind of exhibition of your robotics team, mainly for the younger audience? (this is also called recruiting ha!)