06-26-2015, 12:20 AM
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Film: 1950s Army planetary gear demonstration model
Learning about planetary gears by trying to visualize how they work, and I came across this neat old training film. Seems I'm not alone in needing animation to understand!
And here is a different and also excellent demonstration, using computer animation:
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06-26-2015, 10:32 AM
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I Love this stuff!!!
It amazes me how much advancements were made and discovered in the early 40's through the late 50's. 
I think planetary gears transmissions auto type transmission are just the perfect package. Compact and strong as Hell. 
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06-26-2015, 02:54 PM
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I've never been a big fan of planetary gear sets. But it's possible that's because I associate them with automatic transmissions, which I strongly dislike...
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06-26-2015, 04:08 PM
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I've never been a big fan of planetary gear sets. But it's possible that's because I associate them with automatic transmissions, which I strongly dislike...
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Me too. Dislike. But my electric bike has a set in the hub motor, and I am trying to understand the mechanism to understand how to hack it. 
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06-26-2015, 07:00 PM
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I Love this stuff!!!
It amazes me how much advancements were made and discovered in the early 40's through the late 50's.
I think planetary gears transmissions auto type transmission are just the perfect package. Compact and strong as Hell. |
Yes, quite so...
Did you notice that explanation of the two-input planetary gearsets used in tanks? That's exactly how Toyota's groundbreaking Hybrid Synergy Drive works (specifically the "Power Split Device").
Toyota Prius - Power Split Device |
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06-26-2015, 07:09 PM
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I've never been a big fan of planetary gear sets. But it's possible that's because I associate them with automatic transmissions, which I strongly dislike...
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Some of the most robust manual transmissions use planetary gearsets. In drag racing, Lenco transmissions are used on very high powered cars because conventional manuals won't handle the torque. The reason they can handle the torque are planetary gear sets. |
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06-26-2015, 08:33 PM
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This is "how" the differential-gearset (left) is related to the planetary-gearset (right, ala' Prius):
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06-26-2015, 08:41 PM
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Some of the most robust manual transmissions use planetary gearsets. In drag racing, Lenco transmissions are used on very high powered cars because conventional manuals won't handle the torque. The reason they can handle the torque are planetary gear sets.
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That's a pretty cool detail. My "dislike" was only about the classic auto. CVTs attract me, a little. But I had no idea planetary gears were going into manual transmissions for drag racing. Here are a couple Lenco tranny images...
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