Re: [MV] Physics v. power loss

From: Employee@MilVeh.com
Date: Thu Jul 03 2003 - 19:24:42 PDT


One thing I did come up with, perhaps a little off the
target of my question, but still interesting is
effeciency of gear types:

Bevel gear 98-99%

Spur gear 98-99.5%

Mitre gear 98-99.5%

Worm gear 30-90%

--- Ryan Gill <rmgill@mindspring.com> wrote:
> At 7:06 PM -0700 7/3/03, Employee@MilVeh.com wrote:
> >OK, maybe I am totally off base on this one, but
> for
> >years I have been advised there was relationship to
> >axle length and torque (same for drive shaft
> length).
> >And as I recall it goes something like this, the
> >longer the distance from the power source the
> greater
> >the loss of torque. Seems like there was a rule of
> >thumb, like X percent of loss in torque per X
> distance
> >of drive shaft and axle length. I.e. the drive
> shaft,
> >axle length affects power and mileage.
>
> I can see a bit of a loss on torque due to bending,
> but only
> initially. I can also see a bit more on inertial
> loads, but its got
> to be small and shouldn't it affect spooling up or
> down not top speed?
>
>
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> --
> Ryan Gill rmgill@SPAMmindspring.com
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