I'm confused! (VEX VS. FTC)

[David55]

Originally Posted by Leav

Shalom Mannie! and thanks! we are celebrating our independence this thursday!
Thanks Greg and Mannie your comments were very helpful!
does anyone have experience with both competitions and could say whether one is better than the other in some aspect?
would you choose one over the other as a low-cost project for an FRC team in the months leading up to the kickoff?
Thanks again!

-Leav

First of all, I don't think the new FTC kits are available yet and I am not sure what the ETA is.

A few tips for VEX stuff from past experience:
The VEX joysticks are not allowed in the country and were confiscated (this might be negotiable: it was probably a frequency issue but that can easily be changed with different crystals). There are usually no problems for bringing in individual kits for home use but you may want to get that cleared for official school business. If you buy the kits from Robogroup they will replace the joystick with a legal Sanwa joystick (which is actually more advanced IMO).

Second...import whatever you can by yourself if the school permits that. Robogroup (the official importer) will have no problem ripping you off and charging 2-3X the original price which is already pretty high.