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Re: pic: Fun Bevel Gearbox Idea
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Originally Posted by Tyler2517
Just a few questions i guess. It looks like you are using 4 bevel gears.
If you are using 4 would you not be loosing a large amounts of mechanical efficiency?
I love the idea i just think that using that many bevels would be a mistake even though it is a pretty sleek design.
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Just like on any other transmission, each motor has a pinion gear on it, but there is only one large bevel gear on each side of the drive. Because these transmissions only have two stages of reduction, they shouldn't be any less efficient than you average gearbox.
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