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Originally posted by Patrick Wang
-How does belting compare to chains or gears for transmission efficiency?
-Have you encountered any general problems with belting in general?
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First I must give you the story of our transmission
Weeks 1-5- Working on a belt systems that could be able to pull two goals and not slip
Week 6 Realized what a dumb idea that was becasue we had so much traction that the belt were slipping. Hurriedly threw together a sproket and chain system that did not switch casue we did not have time to thin of how to do it.
1. 3/8 chain will never break, never slip and strech a lot less that belts
2. One word "Slippage" we could never get them tight enough to hold anything with out popping breakers or just not working.
My opinion go with the chains and gears.
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