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what exactly is the purpose of a differential gear? i've got several of them, i've seen them used in various projects, but i've never quite managed to figure out what they do. ok, there. i feel much better. thank you. -- Chris "Clueless" Stanley (...) (26 years ago, 19-Jan-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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Chris: I believe it allows the two wheels attatched to one drive shaft to turn at different rates, thus allowing the gear-motor system to corner without skidding. -Zach (...) ---...--- Zachary Bourk UCSD, EE http:\\www.geocities...ystem\4968 (...) (26 years ago, 19-Jan-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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Chris Stanley writes: > what exactly is the purpose of a differential gear? i've got several of > them, i've seen them used in various projects, but i've never quite > managed to figure out what they do. > > ok, there. i feel much better. thank you. (...) (26 years ago, 19-Jan-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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=>Chris Stanley wrote: =>> =>> what exactly is the purpose of a differential gear? i've got several of =>> them, i've seen them used in various projects, but i've never quite =>> managed to figure out what they do. Zachary A. Bourk" (...) (26 years ago, 19-Jan-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) I believe the one you are referring to is found at: (URL) Mark (26 years ago, 19-Jan-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Indeed. There's a very cool hands-on display at the Exploratorium (for anyone fortunate enough to live within driving distance of San Francisco) that has a single motor input, and two wheel outputs. Motor runs, and both wheels turn at the same (...) (26 years ago, 19-Jan-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) <clipped nice explanation of differentials> (...) This has long been a curiosity of mine; I understand the general idea of increasingly braking an idler gear on the axle that is going faster (I presume the braking is proportional to the (...) (26 years ago, 19-Jan-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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Chris, Differentials are used to distribute rotataion velocity between two axels. The differential is driven by a constant rotational velocity source and this velocity is distributed between the two axels in such a way that their average velocity is (...) (26 years ago, 19-Jan-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) adder/subtractors (one is very close to Leo's design and the uses the differentials a bit differently and is more efficient for the purposes of wheeled and tracked vehicles). alex -- Did you check the web site first?: (URL) (26 years ago, 19-Jan-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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Take a look at this (URL) only will you find some good stuff here about differentials, but transmission, steering, and suspension systems. This site is definitely worth it if you love playing with Technic. Cheers, Patrick Gili Chris Stanley wrote in (...) (26 years ago, 21-Jan-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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Sorry about that, try (URL) Gili wrote in message ... (...) (26 years ago, 21-Jan-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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Another good site is: (...) (26 years ago, 21-Jan-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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