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Re: Plantery Gearbox Efficiency

I may be way off here..... but I think i'm quoting Dr. Joe Johnson here...

A planetary stage is about 85% efficient, so .85^2~ 72.

90% overall seems kind of fishy to me since that is the efficieny of a single spur gear reduction.
 


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