On Mon, Dec 29, 2008 at 2:37 PM, Mike Hungerford <[email protected]> wrote: > I see a flaw in the design which may explain the comment in the video > about the action being rough: the sun gear has 17 (a prime number) > teeth while the ring gear has 45 (3*3*5) teeth. That means there is > only one position in which the two will align to permit a planet gear > with an even number of teeth (these have 16 (2*2*2*2).
Okay, I can fit three planets in there, just not at 120 degree intervals. Still can't find sweet spots for four planets. -- Mike Hungerford http://users.sdccu.net/chthulhu2/models.html Kore de ii no da. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Papermodels II" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Papermodels?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
