tools / frc-budget-calculator
Registration, the drive base, the control system, motors, tools and travel, itemised into a sheet you can hand to a booster club without apologising for it.
2025-2026 season fees, hardware as listed 2026-07. Every default is primary-sourced and every line that varies by team stays editable. Check current FIRST and vendor pricing before you commit money.
estimated season total
$8,000
likely $7,980 to $8,020, the district fee and consumables move it
what you told it
01 / the team
Rookies get the AM14U6 drive base free and may qualify for startup grants.
Regional charges per event. District adds a region-specific program fee on top of the FIRST fee.
Beyond the first, which the base fee covers. $3,000 each.
Rookie grants, sponsor vouchers, anything already promised.
02 / the robot
Itemise a new legal control system, take an all-in-one AndyMark bundle, or reuse what is already in the crate.
$58 each.
RSL, breaker, wiring. $40 to $80.
$42.50 plus a $100 SPARK MAX each.
$217.99, no controller needed.
Quantity.
Each.
03 / the rest of it
Your own figure. A tool set comes inside the Starter Bundle.
Team and region specific, $500 to $5,000 is typical. This is never a quote.
Everything the season eats that nobody writes down.
Optional. Gives the per-student figure a grant application asks for.
travel is the line teams forget
the sheet / itemised
rookie benefit, already appliedThe AM14U6 KOP drive base comes with your registration, so the $940 retail value is a zero on this sheet rather than a cost. It is real money you are not spending, and it is worth saying out loud in a sponsor letter.
$6,300
FIRST base team registration source
Includes FIRST registration and your first Regional, on the Regional model.
$6,300.00
$0
AM14U6 KOP drive base, free for rookies source
$940 retail value provided with rookie registration.
$0.00
$1,130
NI roboRIO 2.0 source
$485.00
REV Power Distribution Hub source
$250.00
VH-109 FRC Radio, education price source
$184.99
REV Radio Power Module source
$34.00
Robot batteries (2 × $58) source
$116.00
RSL, 120 A main breaker and wiring consumablesestimate
Bundled small legal parts, roughly $40 to $80.
$60.00
$570
REV NEO motors (4 × $42.50) source
$170.00
REV SPARK MAX controllers (4 × $100) source
One SPARK MAX is required per NEO.
$400.00
$8,000
Likely $7,980 to $8,020 once the district fee and consumables land where they land. Travel is still zero here, and travel is almost never zero.
what to re-check every year
sourced default values
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