BaneBots Shorted, Now What Do I Do?

[artdutra04]

Originally Posted by dexo568

I've got a fairly large problem. My shooter subteam came to me today and said that one of their two BaneBots 775s burned out. This was in their attempt to construct a working shooter (they've never succeeded in making a functioning shooter thusfar).

Did the shooter sub-team discover a case-short problem, or did their prototype actually smoke/burn out the motors?

While the RS775 motors have had a history of case-shorted issues, it's also entirely possible the shooter prototype overheated/smoked the motor. This is likely if the motor was stalled for some period of time, or if the prototype gearbox/motor mounting blocked the front vents on the 775 motor. All of the 500- and 700- series motors in the KOP (Banebots, FP, AM) have front air vent ports that must not be blocked or the motors will overheat and die.