Does motor temp affect performance?

[Conor Ryan]

Going back to the problem at hand.

Originally Posted by Joe Johnson

By the way, your gear ratio is probably not high enough but that cake is already baked. From what I saw of you at the MSC, you guys are doing just fine with the too tall of gearing you have. You just need to make sure your motors are cooled down between matches and you'll do fine -- next year, consider a bit more ratio ;-)

If you have the ability to do it, gear down your motors a wee bit. All of these high temp scenarios can lead to some ugly consequences in the heat of competition (pun intended). You really are playing with fire (also intended).