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Re: pic: Mammoth GearBox1

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Originally Posted by rc_cola1323 View Post
Thanks for all the suggestions:

-Pocketing the gearboxes was because we wanted to try out the CNC and with Cosmos it tells us that the plates are plenty strong enough. They are 7068 plates at 1/4 inch. So the plates are just for fun.

-The mentors were going over the specs and said that the 3 inch cims would be better for a 2 stage reduction.

Thanks everyone.
7068? You're just playing with fun materials, rather than trying to economize, right?

And as for the big CIMs, all things being equal, it's probably sensible to get rid of those somehow.
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