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Originally Posted by squirrel
The only reason I brought it up is that I have seen some "interesting" use of compound gear reduction by a team that didn't seem to understand the problem of too much torque on too small of a shaft. As richardmcc2 noted, publishing a maximum torque spec would be helpful, because the ability to make a 530:1 transmission is really tempting for driving a heavy arm.
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Well, most arms I have seen have some sort of sprocket reduction as the final stage. So only 3-4 would be necessary to get that kind of ratio for an arm. Also, I hope that 5 together would be kind of awkwardly big as an extra reminder to rookies that maybe it's not a good idea....