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Re: [TowerTalk] Why a Prop Pitch?

To: "Jim Lux" <jimlux@earthlink.net>
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Why a Prop Pitch?
From: "Rick Karlquist" <richard@karlquist.com>
Reply-to: richard@karlquist.com
Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2007 13:57:10 -0800 (PST)
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Jim Lux wrote:

> Looking through the Boston Gear catalog, it looks like you can get up
> to about 100:1 reduction in a 600 series planetary set (triple

The prop pitch is many 1000's to 1.


> mounting plate?  Like between the diagonal cross brace and the vertical
> tubes?

Yes

> Seems that, in the long run, figuring out how to use standard
> industrial components might pay off.

It would be great if you could do that for us and start a business
selling rotors for crankups.  We need some long term strategy to
overcome the finite supply of prop pitch motors.

Rick N6RK

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