[FTC]: FVC (Vex) VS. FTC (Tetrix)

[NalaTI]

Originally Posted by Chris is me

<snip> no omnis,<snip>

Actually there is an Omni this year... you can find it at ftcrobots.com (where you get the official parts).

Originally Posted by Chris is me

(Tetrix) is much less well made
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I have not competed in VRC though, or the "new" FTC.

Interesting, Your opinions are pretty vehement for someone that hasn't used the new equipment... my team has, and one of the things (last year) that was allowed was using VEX structural materials. We did that for some basic shielding and found that the VEX parts had to be filed and cleaned up because of rough edges to pass inspection, the Tetrix stuff didnt. The VEX stuff definitely seemed cheaper and flimsier - enough so that we were glad we didn't use it for framework materials.

Originally Posted by Chris is me

requires you to machine your own aluminium and polycarbonate parts for some features

That can be taken as a good or a bad thing... if you want to have the opportunity to construct your own unique part, you can do that...

Some of the points Chris raised are extremely valid, the parts are more expensive, there's some gears and some other stuff that's also missing. But, it seems to me that each system has it's advantages.

It's going to be an interesting discussion, I think you will find that there will be a lot of vocal opinions from the people that used VEX in the FTC and didn't transfer to the new system. They have a huge investment in parts and knowledge that is hard to discount. But those of us who started last year have no such issues.