Originally Posted by
RichJohnson
They way we are describing the gear ratio and shaft number is just lame. The gear boxes are not say 4:1. The motor gear turns way more times around for one complete turn of the drive sprocket. Probably 50 or maybe even 100 to 1 is the real gear ratios we are looking at.
I agree, Rich, and that's why you see me calling them "3 shaft" and "4 shaft" gearboxes instead of 3:1 or 4:1. Check out this video and you'll see how this twisted old hippie looks at the situation
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rKz1rTDO2qY
Philip, I'm installing the V2 4 shaft GBs in this PzIV I'm doing for a customer so I'll get photos and videos for you, instead of having to open up my own PzIV. I've been following your Panzer IV build closely and it's really great work. I'm not adding a lift off top, I'm keeping that kind of "unibody" construction thing they have going on, so I'm not doing all that bracing that you did so well on yours. Of course, that means I really can't open any hatches but I guess it's a trade off. I did move the on/off switch to the side for easy access, though, and I have video. I'll be doing a build thread eventually, so I have a bunch of material collected for that. I found a couple of pretty good tricks I'll share. The first part is already up on my youtube channel.