[galewind]

We blew a jag, which caused our system to go batty...

My HYPOTHESIS is that since it was on our CAN network, it caused our 2CAN to go haywire, which caused it to stop responding. This caused (or something else caused) the cRio to max out its CPU cycles and stopped responding.

In the meantime, our turret (which is on a separate victor) started turning, and the system wasn't watching our potentiometer voltage go beyond its desired limit. Thus, we sheared our turret belt and the potentiometer coupling (just a piece of surgical tubing).

When 1089 goes down, it's often in a blaze of glory. We always have an issue in eliminations when it matters most. It's been affectionately referred to as "The 1089 Curse"

I do, though, want to give a huge thanks to 357 and 816 for being such awesome and understanding alliance partners. It would've been awesome to pull that triple balance off in the match.