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Unread 01-06-2006, 17:14
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Re: Gear Types

It's not a helical gear. You can see the same gearboxes in the photo above the one yours is taken from and it's obvious from that photo that they're using plain old spur gears, just like the rest of us. There's no special sauce or anything.
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