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Unread 04-05-2005, 21:41
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Re: Victor Burnouts

Mark,
When one of our Vics went, it just smoked. It was running a match at the time. The crowd loved it. But when its replacement went in the pits, it was spectacular. We and another team saw a huge spark. I was about 50 feet away up in the stands and it sounded like a firecracker. All three FETs were cracked, of course, but their damage was incremental. One just cracked, another had a blob of white stuff on it, and the third had a larger blob of white. Must be vaporised innards. It could be that they went one at a time, but very close together. I am guessing the destruction got worse as the load on the remaining ones increased. As I mentioned earlier, we likely had a motor problem that caused it. Haven't opened the motor yet.
Bob