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Re: Gearbox Maximum Torque
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Originally Posted by EricVanWyk View Post
Some of the students prototyped a lifter mechanism that featured and subsequently destroyed a P60 132:1 gearbox. The final planetary stage was almost entirely bald.
Cou you post a picture of the damaged parts of the gearbox?

We played with a banebots P80 256:1 Gearbox for our Hanging Mechanism that was later distroyed. Apparently the motor was driven the wrong way and stalled against a stop for the arm for too long and I believe this stressed the carrier plates inside of the gearbox, but I'm not entirely sure. I'll have to crack it open next time I'm in the shop and see.
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