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Re: pic: Team 3647: Off Season Teaser 1

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Originally Posted by AdamHeard View Post
I'd also recommend looking into the .25" face width 24DP plastic gears from SDP-si for the initial stage. They are DIRT cheap at ~$2, and mate great with the banebots 10T pinions (which are also cheap, and fit through the motor boss hole). All of Encore's gearboxes had an initial plastic stage of this size.
Could you have gone with plastic gears throughout the entire gearbox or would that not have the tooth strength?

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