Drive motors drawing too much power

[Nathan Streeter]

Originally Posted by kitare102

Gearboxes are toughbox minis geared to 8.45:1 with 6" wheels.

While probably not the leading cause of high motor temps, this way too fast for this year's game (imho). Seems like teams will usually be driving a few feet, almost never going farther than 15ft without stopping and starting. While 8.45:1 with 6" wheels (adjusted top speed of 13.3fps on JVN's spreadsheet) was very good last year, you'd probably be better off having an adjusted speed closer to 7fps.

Perhaps you have a dead motor or one that's fighting the others?

Cantilevering your axles the extra bit to put the chains on the outside probably doesn't help your efficiency, but it hardly seems like that should contribute that dramatically by itself.