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Unread 02-02-2009, 13:17
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Re: how many people have had failing jaguars

Team 1153 lost a Jaguar on Saturday.

We are using a CIM to power a central screw, using a toughbox, that lifts the balls up to the shooter. We had about 20 hours of hard use on this Jaguar. Three balls jammed in the screw [1st time it has happened], the motor started to slow down, the driver hit the screw reverse button to unload the stuck balls and the screw stopped, and we smelled that burning smell. The power was turned off and everything checked, the stuck balls removed. When powered back up, even with the drivers station in disable mode, the jaguar gave full power to the screw [forward direction]. We then replaced the Jaguar.

Overall we are very happy with the Jaguars. We have been driving an old robot for about 2 months using Jaguars, connected to CIMS for power. The old robot and now our prototype has been driven daily by the kids with no troubles, until the big jam up.

I will send an email to luminarymicro with all the details as well