2006 Davis Sacramento Regional

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Originally Posted by PhatMike

I know your programmer worked really hard to get that bot going. Did you ever happen to determine what blew the victor out? One would assume it was a metal shaving, but it was strange how it worked out; drivetrain was running fine and all of a sudden *poof*

We were able to get a replacement in before the match, but we weren't able to connect it. It took us awhile to figure out which one it was. We just went through and tested each one so see which wasn't working.

We're pretty sure that the reason it blew was that it was being driven full forward, then being slammed into reverse during autonomous. I figure there should be a massive current spike in this condition. The strange thing is that we'd been doing it for a long time, but it didn't give out until we needed it most. I feel a little responsible because I caught the problem before but forgot bring it up. For one thing, I didn't think it would lead to catastrphic failure. Especially not right before the championship rounds.