Chains and sprockets are simpler and cheaper. JMHO. Derek
Sent from my iPhone > On Nov 17, 2013, at 8:25 PM, Michael <[email protected]> wrote: > > Thanks for sharing your experience. > >> On Sunday, November 17, 2013 4:11:54 PM UTC-5, [email protected] wrote: >> as for gears vs sprockets, i don't think you have as much freedom to play >> around when using gears as to using sprockets. with gears (to me) they have >> to be in an exact place for them to work with the next gear and also takes >> away from being able to freely take out a gear and replace it with a >> different one (more or less teeth count) to add or decrease rpm's as now it >> won't be able to fit into that same space properly. but using sprockets and >> chain i think you have a bit more room to play. below is a picture of one of >> my motor/trany's and if i find that i want to change something i can and not >> have to do anything else other than lengthen or shorten the chain. >> >> but if you have everything worked out (rpm's, gears, etc) and are able to >> build a nice gear box, build the gear box, but if your not sure, i'd go with >> something a bit more forgiving to work with and use sprockets and chain >> >> > > -- > -- > You are currently subscribed to the "R/C Tank Combat" group. > To post a message, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] > Visit the group at http://groups.google.com/group/rctankcombat > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "R/C Tank Combat" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- -- You are currently subscribed to the "R/C Tank Combat" group. To post a message, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] Visit the group at http://groups.google.com/group/rctankcombat --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "R/C Tank Combat" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
