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We have had problems internally with the motors. We let off some smoke... I'm guessing it was the coating around the magnet wire that we burned off. I think the windings are shorting within themselves, greatly reducing the resistance on the windings, and pulling so much current that it's burning off even more insulating material.

I really don't like this kit in general! It's not very good, and is very expensive. I want to try making a minibot from VEX parts to prove how much better VEX is!