paper: FLL VRC FTC Cost Comparison Excel Spreadsheet

[Kyle Love]

This is a truely awesome white paper. I rarely download white papers, but when it basically screamed what I have been looking for (comparison amongst the 3) I jumped on it! Thank you very much for this great white paper!

[Andrew Schuetze]

Why not add in Botball and BEST to this chart. Maybe Andrew L. could put some figuires into those columns and repost an updated version.

BEST $0.00 registration fee
$0.00 tournament fee
maybe $100 on extra parts
suggested mock field items will vary greatly from year to year.


BotBall $2,250 registration fee - includes only allowed kit of parts which is new each year. this also includes the tournament fee plus a two day teacher training. I think they've had options in the past were teams could re-use the controllers and save $100. I also think they may have added an reduced fee plan for registering additional teams. It has been four years since I've had a Botball team. $150 or so for PVC etcetera to build the field elements. Initial cost to purchase the 4x8 whiteboard and set up a the light for starting and stopping the robot if that is still the field control system.