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Title:Welcome To The Radio Control Conference
Notice:dir's in 11, who's who in 4, sales in 6, auctions 19
Moderator:VMSSG::FRIEDRICHS
Created:Tue Jan 13 1987
Last Modified:Thu Jun 05 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:1706
Total number of notes:27193

1048.0. "64 Pitch Spur Gear" by HGOVC::WILLIAMWONG () Mon Jul 17 1989 04:25

    Hi everybody,
    
    I am the owner of a Optima Mid.
    
    I've seen some advert on the 64 Pitch Spur Gear, well, I can't
    understand why these Gears have advantages over the standard one. Could
    any one offer some explanations ?
    
    
    William.
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1048.1More optionsRVAX::SMITHMon Jul 17 1989 11:187
    Basically they are quieter and give you a few more gear ratio 
    options. Stock is 32 pitch, then there is 48 pitch (which I run),
    and then there's 64 pitch. Just remember that if you change, you
    have to change both spur gear AND pinion gear. Both have to be the
    same pitch.
    
    Steve
1048.2VMAX::DAUGHERTYMon Jul 17 1989 11:497
    
    	Also, people claim that in high rev situations (such as 1/12
    	onroad) the 64 pitch gears provide higher efficiency. All of
    	the top running 1/12 cars I've seen use them (I know, that
    	doesn't make them better).
    
    	Chris
1048.3GRAMPS::WCLARKWalt ClarkMon Jul 17 1989 13:4218
    My son uses both 48 and 64 pitch gears.  The 64 is quieter and will
    extend a run before the batteries dump on-road (6 cell SCR, stock motor) 
    perhaps 30 seconds.   
    
    He uses the 64 in his RC-10 on-road and the 48 off-road. The 64 is very
    fine which makes it susceptable to damage from small pieces of dirt
    which the coarser pitch would pass.  In fact I have seen debris under
    the differential dust cover (after some off-road heats) that would have 
    stopped the 64 pitch or cut up the spur gear.  
    
    The folks at RCPC in W. Bridgewater recommend 64 pitch on carpet but
    wont sell it to you (unless you demand it) if you say you run in the
    dirt. 
    
    My preference would be to go with a Hyper-Drive belt system, and forget
    all these gears.
    
    Walt
1048.4HGOVC::WILLIAMWONGTue Jul 18 1989 03:349
    Thanks for the reply.
    
    
    Re. .3
    
    
    What is a Hyper-Belt Drive System anyway ?
    
    William.
1048.5GRAMPS::WCLARKWalt ClarkTue Jul 18 1989 23:488
    Hyperdrive is the trade name of several products from a belt
    and pulley replacement for pinion and spur gear sets thru a
    belt drive differential and all the way to a 1/10th scale
    high performance on-road racer called the Hyper-10.
    
    See the Tower catalog or a local dealer for more info.
    
    Walt
1048.6Dialed 64p gearsCIRCUS::MBROWNWed Nov 14 1990 19:1613
    Dialed Racing Products produces a line of 64 pitch spur gears that
    are suitable for off-road use.  These spurs are very thin but are not
    affected by dirt because they are made of steel.  A 110-tooth spur
    is a good choice for the JR-X2.
    
    You must use a hardened steel pinion with these steel spurs; not
    surprisingly, Dialed offers a line of 64 pitch hardened steel pinions.
    These pinions have a neat "self-meshing" feature: the gear hub is
    machined to a carefully chosen diameter slightly smaller than the pinion
    teeth, so if you bolt in the motor with the teeth of the spur contacting
    the pinion hub, then slide the pinion, you get a perfect gear mesh.
    
    These gears have also been sold under the "Paranoia" brand.