[RESOLVED] Blitzen is down indefinitely

Team Laser is working on it.

Always tell us when something is amiss.
Always.
Even if you did it and you are scared to tell us.
We’ve never ever given consequences to anyone who has told us.
So being brave will cost you nothing.

We do give consequences to people who walked away without notifying us.
That is the greater issue because it compounds the damage.

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Curiosity killed me a long time ago… What broke?

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Heavy smoke.
Severe head crash.

Edit: which were not reported.

Plus a broken air assist flag which was reported promptly by @kobin.
Turns out valve was turning past its limits.
Kobin has prevented even more serious damage and deserves acknowledgement.

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“Smoke and lenses and valves, oh my.”

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Air assist valve removed. We intend to replace it. One day.
Head crash has caused the drive axle to disengage from a gear. Causes an incomplete return, i.e. vector circles don’t close. We’ve opened another thread for this issue.

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