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Re: Brakes

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Originally Posted by Joe_Widen
You are most definately correct. They work very nicely, well once we switched from 5:1 to 10:1. The only way to get us to move is by hitting us really hard.
The only problem with that is that you are going to lose 30%-40% of your power due to the massive inefficiency of the worm and worm gear (and a more efficient worm gear would be backdrivable).
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