[Dick Linn]

If your motors survive to the point where you get to competition, I would recommend that you treat them gently. Do not drive at low speeds and push things for long, as these motors use a lot of current near stall speed and the internal fans do not move much air, either. You only have a 2 minute+ match, so in practice, keep it about the same and check the temperature of your motors at similar intervals. If they get hot, back off or check for problems (friction, misalignment, wrong gearing...).

Last year, we never had a motor failure but we didn't go looking for trouble, either. We also had really low gearing which helped in pulling/pushing things.