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Re: Timing belt in drive success

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Originally Posted by ratdude747 View Post
What it came down to IMHO was that toothed belts do not torque well... They are better at higher speeds, making then better for interfacing motors to transmissions, not transmissions to wheels.
Disagree,

If you look at the gates spec sheet you'll see that belts can handle some really high loads. Can easily handle FRC loads but you have to size appropriately.

What size belts were you using? What pitch? Width? Pulley count?

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