Need help starting a FTC team

[Alex Dinsmoor]

Originally Posted by wilsonmw04

you are starting during an interesting time. FIRST is making some major changes with FTC. You will need ~$1500 to start up. $900 for the new kit, ~$250 for registration and the rest for incidentals . As for tools: the only thing you will need are hands tools, from what I've been told. With the old kit my kids got a lot of use from a Dremel set i can't see that changing.
You may want to talk to your regional FTC director and apply for the $250 grant for the new kit.

Can anyone with experience with the new kit give some more information?

This is a really good estimate, just what I needed. How should I contact my regional director, is there a listing of them somewhere?

Yeah the FRC is going through many changes also, and I may be using a different programming language next year ! I'm still glad that the kit includes (mostly) everything, I don't have to go out and search for the parts.

Also is there like a kickoff meeting like there is for FRC?

EDIT: Of course there is no regional director for my state...