Fixing Burnt Motors

[EricH]

Originally Posted by dudefise

You can, however, fix a motor, but it is not competition legal ...

The part of your statement quoted above became invalid in Team Update #11, with the addition of <R55-M>, which reads:

M. Devices may be repaired, provided the performance and specifications of the component after the repair are identical to those before the repair.

(Also note that should a repair be made, any warranties should be assumed to be voided--see the updated blue box.)

Also, the same Update added a second part to <R93>, which reads:

b) a burned out motor may be repaired by replacement of the burned-out inductor with an identical part.

Now, the repair you describe would in fact be illegal for competition, because the replacing of the capacitor and inductor with wire does alter performance and specs, and is not replacing the inductor with an identical part. But any repair that successfully replaced the inductor with an identical part (should such an identical part be identified) would be perfectly legal for competition.