Can anyone reccomend what parts they would get instead of buying a hero bot for a budget of 800, My school is setting up a second team and Im trying to see if Buying a hero bot or getting the parts seprately is better
If I remember correctly, either @Foster or @kmmohn made spreadsheet of value of the kits vs buying separately. In general, bundling of control system and structure is worth it.
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It’s more cost effective to buy a basic bot and add parts as needed. It gets you a running start on small parts.
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Thank you both for this it helps alot, I have been doing vex since the end of over under but starting a new team from scratch (in terms of kit) was completely new to me.
Here’s what I have that is current (download at end of post). It lists what you need to purchase to turn a “classroom starter kit” into a “competition starter kit”.
We use the classroom starter kits for V5 summer camps, so we have quite a few of them.
For the beginning teams, we usually start them with the V5 Clawbot (classroom starter kit) then recommend for them to build the current season’s basic trainer (the “herobot”) to get started and possibly use in an early competition before they design and build their own competition robot. To go from the clawbot to the herobot trainer, we give them the extra parts they need (no cutting of the kit allowed…we have a whole stock of parts for that). As the team advances from trainers to their own designs, they return the parts kits (un-cut) except for the “V5 electronics bundle” which they keep assigned to their team as long as the team is together (then we buy new V5 electronics bundles for the original classroom starter kits so the summer camp always has brand-new electronics).
A couple notes: for the camp kits, we add 2 more omni wheels (4 omni total) and a rotation sensor to the camp kit (classroom starter kit). When a team advances from training to competition, they get an extra V5 battery assigned to the team. All other parts are from the team stores and they take what the need as they go along.
Additional note: you can’t build the season’s basic trainer (the “herobot”) from a “competition super kit,” you need the “competition starter kit.” The “superkit” is designed for established teams who don’t need to build bots with “training wheels.” Beginning teams should get a starter kit and add parts as they move from the trainers to their own competition designs.
V5 kit upgrade parts.pdf (71.9 KB)
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