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Proper Gear Ratios ?
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jrbarney
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January 2002
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Proper Gear Ratios ?
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jrbarney
on Thursday, August 7, 2003 1:49 PM
Can anyone direct me to an article on gear ratios and the like ? Ideally the article probably should touch on driver diameter, motor RPM, bevel gears, worm and gear combinations, helical gears, chains and sprockets, gear towers, gear boxes and prototypical speeds for various eras and classes of locomotives. Once the values are determined, then the problem is to search for what are the closest available commercial parts.
"Time flies like an arrow - fruit flies like a banana." "In wine there is wisdom. In beer there is strength. In water there is bacteria." --German proverb
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jrbarney
Member since
January 2002
1,132 posts
Proper Gear Ratios ?
Posted by
jrbarney
on Thursday, August 7, 2003 1:49 PM
Can anyone direct me to an article on gear ratios and the like ? Ideally the article probably should touch on driver diameter, motor RPM, bevel gears, worm and gear combinations, helical gears, chains and sprockets, gear towers, gear boxes and prototypical speeds for various eras and classes of locomotives. Once the values are determined, then the problem is to search for what are the closest available commercial parts.
"Time flies like an arrow - fruit flies like a banana." "In wine there is wisdom. In beer there is strength. In water there is bacteria." --German proverb
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