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Originally Posted by yash101
Just wondering but why don't you try direct-drive? It doesn't seem as though you are getting any reductions using those two ginormous gears, only an inefficiency!
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The output shaft of the versaPlanetaries are aluminium and aren't supported well enough for a cantilevered drive train, the gears allow for much stronger 1/2" steel shafts. It's also easier and cheaper to replace a shaft and maybe a gear in the event of a crash