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Re: pic: Shaft Drive Bearing Blocks

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Originally Posted by RyanN View Post
Great work on your drive train system! One thing to think about that I thought of... How about making a worm gear system. I think this would be more reliable than the one that you currently have, and you will have much greater control of your robot. The only thing is that you probably would want a fairly small gear on the axle that goes to the wheel.

Just my $0.02...

The problem with worm gears is in the efficiency. They are usually about 60-70% efficient as opposed to the 95% efficiency of a miter gear. Some worm gears are even as low as 20% though I have also seen 98% reported.
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