Wow, that is cool.  But why didn't tracy think of that when he first made
the drive....  Tracy?   :-)

Dave Leonard (I want to go really fast too :-)


>
>
> Left turning C drive -- basically cannot be done, unless a
> totally different gear set were used (maybe not even then). The
> reason 2.17 turns left and 2.85 turns right is making use of
> which set of gears drives the prop. If you take the power off the
> ring gear, you get rotation reversal, if you take it off the
> planetaries, you get same direction rotation, and a higher
> reduction factor.
>
> By the way, this is how your automatic transmission works, (where
> the gears come from), a band clamp holds the ring gear steady for
> forward, taking power off the planets, and for reverse, they hold
> the planets stationary and take the power off the ring gear. Then
> you go backwards.
>
> Bill Schertz
> KIS Cruiser # 4045
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: daveleonard@cox.net [mailto:daveleonard@cox.net]
> Sent: 8/11/2004 2:29:33 PM
> To: flyrotary@lancaironline.net
> Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: C drive
>
>