Thread: Cycloidal Gearboxes, a game changer?
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Cycloidal Gearboxes, a game changer?
From a "what would you request thread"

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Originally Posted by Lil' Lavery View Post
The same thing I've answered on surveys the past couple years: cycloidal gearboxes. Would be the biggest game changer in FRC design since COTS planetaries became common.
I did a little research (Google is my friend) and there looks like some big pros, high efficiency, big reductions, no backdrive with some problems around high speed vibrations.

I'm not finding lots of smaller units (FRC size) out there.

Is this something you would use/not use? Why?
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