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Originally Posted by Ginger Power
The competition consists of two 10 minute runs and a 10 minutes practice run. Hardly enough time to ruin a sealed motor. I'm sure most motors within our price range would have trouble in the long run, but that's one of many reasons the Mars rovers cost a lot of money  |
We smoked 2 of ours after the first official run but we had practiced with them for many hours prior to that. We smelled something burning and we opened up the box to find that lovely burnt plastic smell. 20 minutes between the practice and first run was all it took for the regolith to make its way into the boxes and wreck a couple of the motors.
It did plow into a boulder and go right over it though!