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Re: Burning Jaguars Out

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Originally Posted by Flyer522 View Post
No see that's the weird thing that I am not getting, is there is no smoke it just quits. When I open them up I see nothing wrong. So what would you recommend to do to fix this, because we obviously can't keep doing this.
I have only seen one jaguar go without any smoke, but anything can happen.
I would recommend finding a way to either gear down the CIM in a gearbox or with a "belt system" You should never run a motor like that without any reduction. You might also have to switch the motors if you are unable to gear it down. Don't run the robot again until you have sprayed out all metal shavings and for any further work, cover all electronics. I think at this point only use your jaguars to test for short periods also even with reduction. You may need to and some at the competition if you are running low on them. Hopefully this will be of some help to you.