BaneBots Shorted, Now What Do I Do?

[dexo568]

Originally Posted by artdutra04

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.

They say there was no smoke. i can't imagine what would have stalled it- it was just in a gearbox.

EDIT to say that it was in an official, unmodified BaneBot gearbox.