[ToddF]

Not this year, but last year during a practice match at our first regional, the shooter motors started smoking. One of the limit switches on the turret failed, and allowed the spinning wheel to come into contact with a shield, which slowed it down. To maintain speed, the wheel PID started pumping more and more current to the shooter motors, which resulted in much smoke. For the last half of the match, we looked like we were skywriting, driving around, trailing a white cloud. It was glorious.

No flames, though. That's impressive.

I still have been unable to track down any video of that match, but I'd love to find some for my collection.