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Re: ok, time for a stupid question...
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lugnet.robotics
Date: 
Tue, 19 Jan 1999 04:58:35 GMT
Original-From: 
Zachary A. Bourk <zbourk@san.rrANTISPAM.com>
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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

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.

ok, there.  i feel much better.  thank you.

--
Chris "Clueless" Stanley
cstanley@usit.net

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Did you check the web site first?: http://www.crynwr.com/lego-robotics

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Zachary Bourk
UCSD, EE
http:\\www.geocities.com\ResearchTriangle\System\4968
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Did you check the web site first?: http://www.crynwr.com/lego-robotics



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  Re: ok, time for a stupid question...
 
=>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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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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