Practical, no-fluff walkthroughs of the parts of FRC people search for most — starting a team, understanding swerve, winning the Impact Award. Free, written by an FRC student, filed by desk.
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If you read nothing else, read these — what FRC actually is, how to get a team off the ground, how a competition runs, and the two topics every team ends up arguing about.
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What FRC is, how a season runs, and how to get on a team.
Competition-day failures and how to diagnose them fast.
Swerve, gearing, intakes, elevators, shooters, and how to build them.
WPILib, command-based structure, autonomous, and tuning.
Wiring, the control system, motors, and the vendor ecosystems.
AprilTags, Limelight, PhotonVision, encoders and gyros.
Choosing a CAD package and modelling your first parts.
Match data, picklists, alliance selection, and drive team.
Impact Award, sponsorship, grants, budgets and scholarships.
Calendars, kickoff, the offseason, and what's coming in 2027.
Everything else worth writing down.
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