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| (...) No way! Have a look at this: (URL) new geared 9v motor revolves at a ratio of 1:3.79 (approximate) of the old 9v motor. (...) If you can convince Steve Lane to give up details on his transmission design, I think he can help ;-) (...) Whoa. (...) (23 years ago, 31-Jan-02, to lugnet.technic)
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| (...) ... repeat 98 times ... "I must check facts I have read before posting to newsgroups" I'd mis-remembered '350rpm' as '1:350 gearing' from the manual for the Motor Accessory set (8735, pg 9), and 350rpm is the 'official' lego number. (...) (...) (23 years ago, 31-Jan-02, to lugnet.technic)
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| (...) LOL, the 1:350 ratio really grabbed my attention when I first read it. 350 rpm sounds reasonable. The MIT link states a measured RPM of 375. I guess it's very dependant on the input voltage. (...) No, Jan-Tore Skålvik originated this thread. (...) (23 years ago, 31-Jan-02, to lugnet.technic)
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| (...) output (...) When I first built it I couldn't actually see the final shaft turning - then i calculated the reduction and stuck a 1x3 lift arm on the end to check that nothing was actually slipping. You still need quite a lot of patience to see (...) (23 years ago, 1-Feb-02, to lugnet.technic)
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| (...) If the motor is spinning at 350 RPM, then the final output will rotate at about 0.17 RPM (with a 1:2016 reduction), ignoring friction losses. That's pretty slow. If you ignore frictin losses then the torque output will be 1210 ft*lb! (assuming (...) (23 years ago, 1-Feb-02, to lugnet.technic)
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| (...) head, (...) But don't forget to wear protective goggles - I'd hate to see anyone get one of the 'teeth' of that 14t bevel gear in their eye as it shears under the strain. I reckon in not much more space (as it's sort of L shape looking from (...) (23 years ago, 1-Feb-02, to lugnet.technic)
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