> Therein the rub... I wonder if the science exists to really manufacture
> gears to destructive tolerances against absolute maximums, at least for
> the kind of money we are willing to spend.
The problem is the rating method. I can purchase a transmission,
and know full well in advance how many lb/ft of torque the
transmission will take in shock load and in steady load.You can
bet a mechanical engineer would have a good idea how much
torque would kill a gear box he designed.
All this rotor mubo-jumbo about sq ft is meaningless.
Even if the numbers aren't able to interface with antenna ratings, at
least we'd know how rotor A stacks up to rotor B.
73, Tom W8JI
w8ji@contesting.com
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