[Josh Hambright]

yah we were worried about the cracking of the motors if we cooled them so fast... so when we did notice the plastic getting hot after long periods of driving we would just stop, during driver tryouts we just put the robot outside in the fridgid indiana winter air for about 30 mins and that caused it to cool to the point it wasn't melting but it didn't freeze it instantly.

A word of caution to teams using compressed gases in cans: Read the labels, one can we were using contained ether and almost made us pass out when we sprayed it on the motors with other people in close proximity to the robot. Some of them could actualy be toxic if sprayed out in their liquid form and alot of them have warnings about skin contact and ingestion.... I have a scar on my arm to prove this stuff WILL cause frostbite, and yes it does hurt alot of if you spray it on yourself for anything longer then a few seconds.