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Joe J., I hate to expose my level of ignorance in this area but are there any tricks to calculating which gears and how many stages you use to arrive at a desired rpm? Do the number of stages (ie. 5 vs 3) make a difference-- will more transmit less strain back to the motor? Do you pretty much just plug in a gear tooth size and do the math?
I ask these questions for two reasons. First, I saw the above post and wanted our Chiapua's to ultimately turn a drive shaft @500 rpm's free-load (assuming a 30% or so reduction with load). Doing the math I could probably figure out the gears but am not sure if I need "x" number of stages because of stress factors throughout the gearbox. Second, I don't think that you want to be doing these calculations for even a small percentage of the 670 teams who would like the numbers.
Finally, THANK YOU for moderating and sharing as much as you do. You make it do-able for many who would otherwise be floundering at low tide!
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