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Originally Posted by Roboshant

Yeah that is something that I definitely did not consider when designing this gearbox. Talking to a student on 1296 about their gearbox, he said that they welded the pins and bored the sun gears and added needle bearings, but considering the step up from 2 775 pros it probably would encounter problems. It would be interesting to see how a GEM would work for this application.

Interesting design challenge, but for a single speed just minimizing the amount of gears (single reduction ideally) and minimizing the machined parts tends to be the best way to go. No need to get fancy with a single speed gearbox, that's the main benefit; simple, light-weight, and saving space.