[FTC]: Starting a New FTC Team

[Mary]

We are also thinking of starting a team. We are going to do Vex also this year, I think two teams since it is only $75 for one team and $25 for the second team, but I think we want to try FTC also.
If we do start a FTC team, have they said for sure when kits will ship if we buy them? Also, how many students can be on one team?

[Lowfategg]

Originally Posted by Mary

We are also thinking of starting a team. We are going to do Vex also this year, I think two teams since it is only $75 for one team and $25 for the second team, but I think we want to try FTC also.
If we do start a FTC team, have they said for sure when kits will ship if we buy them? Also, how many students can be on one team?

I am pretty sure if you buy a kit there going to ship it to you. I don't know when they are shipping them, but I say by the end of this month.

I believe the maximum limit of students on a team is 10, but I have seen more and far less. In reality 6-8 students is a perfect number to work with since in FTC there really is not enough to do to keep everyone busy.

[Mary]

Originally Posted by Lowfategg

I am pretty sure if you buy a kit there going to ship it to you. I don\\\'t know when they are shipping them, but I say by the end of this month.

I believe the maximum limit of students on a team is 10, but I have seen more and far less. In reality 6-8 students is a perfect number to work with since in FTC there really is not enough to do to keep everyone busy.

Thank you. I know they will ship the kit if we buy it, we just want to know when they will be available, if it would be a few days, a few weeks, or more than a month.

Also, do you know when they are releasing the FTC game? The Vex game was released today and looks great, so we are doing that for sure. But if we can we would still like to try FTC this year also if there is an event in our area, we just wish there was more information to help make the decision.

[KathieK]

The FTC kickoff is scheduled for September. Event information is usually released on the website in October.