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

[bellpride]

Originally Posted by Akash Rastogi

If we had the choice that didn't make the team look bad for dropping FTC altogether, we would just have 5 VRC teams at the high school. The school even questioned why we spent money from the budget on FTC kits if the kids didn't like them.

I don't think other teams would think worse of you if you choose to make that decision. When FTC switched to the Tetrix kit, 254 and 1114 both switched exclusively to VRC (1114 already had a VRC team), and a quite a few FRC teams started VRC teams this year, like 148. Others like 294 chose to keep both and participate in three programs.

I don't think there can be a clear comparison between the two. IFI has chosen to keep costs low and to provide a cheap(er) way for students to participate in robotics, but FIRST seems to have other ideas. We are very happy with our VRC program - we fielded 5 teams last year, and will probably register more this year. In the end, they both give kids about the same experience (I think VRC is better since there are many more teams involved), but VRC does so for far less money, especially as for veterans and multi-team programs.