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Re: Combining Motors
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Originally Posted by Jedward45 View Post
how exactly do these planetary gearboxes function? also, what new FP motors? were they changed?
Planetary gearboxes work by having a layer of a certain number of gears around a shaft (coming from your motor). This set of 3 or 4 gears rotates in conjunction with a inside gear outside of the other set of gears.

I know I am horrible at explaining this, but just look at this picture:



and this one:



The second picture is a regular drill gearbox.

I hope this helps!