Hi Mark,
Take a look at
http://www.meccanoscene.co.uk/html/articles/gears/Helical%20Gears.html
for "Meccano", read "Erector" if you're in the US of A.
Alan Wenbourne makes an interesting point that Helical Gears create a
side thrust, which has to restrained,
whereas Straight-cut Gears do not. Maybe that's a/the reason for using
the latter in competition cars.
I always heard/understood that Straight-cut Gears were stronger than
Helicals. Now, you have me
wondering.
Ron
AN5 "Oggibip"
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On 21/02/2012 23:04, Mark Haynes wrote:
> OK racers,
> Can someone explain to me why all of the racers want to use Straight cut gears
> in their transmissions? Straight cut gears (or spur gears) apply the torque
> load to only one tooth on each gear at a time, where helical gears (such as
> are commonly used in manual transmissions) apply the torque load to two to
> three teeth at a time. Thus the helical gears have less of a tendency to get
> damaged, where the spur gears take a beating.
> So what's the attraction? (Plus straight cut gears are whiny!)
>
> Or is it just the way in which they are engaged, Dogs vs conical synchros?
>
>
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