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Re: RS775 Gearboxes

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Originally Posted by iCurtis View Post
Sanity check: Strap a five pound weight on the end of a 2x4 and swing that from a pivot point about five feet from the end 180 degrees in a second.

Then try to precisely place a tube on a rack with that rotation rate.

I haven't done it, so maybe I'm talking out of my butt here... but that seems pretty darn fast!
I guess I haven't been clear enough. We probably will be going with something slower for human control (as I said, week 2 just started, lots of testing to do still), I don't know of many people who would be able to control something that fast.
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