Gear spinning wrong way?
 

I just noticed this but...



In this avatar the center shaft on the large gear is spinning in the wrong direction. The gear is spinning clockwise while the shaft is spinning counterclockwise.

Eh... The things you do when you have too much time on your hands *shrugs*


*Cringes in fear of Brandon's wrath*

I'm so generous that I've decided to contribute to these forums. Attached is the PC (not politically correct but physically correct :p ) gear.

You're welcome Brandon. :D

*shrug* I just put up ones that had gears.. wasn't looking too closely at them.

I replaced the original with yours.

Thanks :)

Almost P.C.
 

The hubs still are turning faster than the gears!:)

They are supposed to since they have a smaller radius then the gears.

Umm... no they shouldn't. They would have the same rotational speed since the gears are directly connected to their respective hubs.

Re: Almost P.C.
 

Maybe they are a representation of those Lego clutch gears that have an inner mechanism that starts to slip when a certain torque is exceeded?

Maybe I am full of it? Yes, that's it.

Actually, with a smaller radius, their tangental velocity should be *less* than that of the gears. a point on the cirfumcerence of the shaft has less distance to travel per second than a tooth on the gear. however, their angular velocity should be the same, as stated by Brandon (gadget470):)

No matter how much math you put into this, the hub and the gear is still one body spinning together. You don't ever see output shaft of motors spin faster or slower than the sprocket attached to it. It would be really scary if it does. Then again, I've seen it happen before.

Tangental velocity... angular velocity.... blah's! :P

Never mind I was thinking of something entirely not related to what was going on.

It could work, if each of the "gears" were actually planetary gear systems in their own right. The center hub is the axle of the sun gear, the outer teeth are actually the exterior of the ring gear, and the planetaries are hidden under a dust cover the same color as the sun gear axle. Yeah, that would work.

Do I get any extra points on the "Are you a geek?" test for coming up with this interpretation? :)

-dave

Wow. This thread was started thanks to the free time that we all have found due to the seasion being over. Brandon, be ready. All of us will have this web site ready for any type of inspection that the goverment can throw at us (you are doing one heck of a job your self, though! :D )