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Re: Banebots RS-775 Case Short

Having had major issues with the 775's last year, our team plans to use the 550's this year. They are a quality product, along with the gearboxes that banebots offers (provided you do not exceed the torque limitations on the gearboxes). We are slightly disappointed that we can't really expect to see our order any sooner than 2-3 weeks after it is placed, but we planned accordingly and have ordered in enough time so that we will get what we need.

As for the 775's I can't quite understand why they are still on the market. It seems as though there is something that causes these motors to short to the case consistently. So rather than throwing out the half that are shorted and shipping off the ones that are "okay" as per quality control, why aren't they looking to freeze the product line, improve the manufacturing process so there are no more shorts, and then roll out the product again when/if the short issue is fixed? These things don't just happen for no reason...there has to be a root cause of the shorting issue and it MUST be something that can be fixed. Do what engineers do and SOLVE THE PROBLEM. We thank you for your support banebots, but we resent your one faulty product that happens to be a valuable commodity in our competition.
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