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Old 07-06-2005 | 02:53 PM
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wcdeardorff
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Default Help me understand the gear differences!

I have a Blade, and I am a newbie to Heli flying. I have been reading about the Trex also.

Now the Blade comes with a 10t motor and you can get them in 8t. Trex I believe comes in a 13t and you can get them in 11t. I either have things backwards or I am thouroghly confused.

I would think that the more teath in the engine gear the fast the rotor gear would spin. The motor speeds don't change say at 50% so the more teeth in the motor gear the more the main gear should be moving. Is this correct or am I looking at it wrong.

I read that using an 8t gear motor on the blade really helps with performance but now with my thought path I am confused as to why because it would seem to me that the main rotor blade would be spinning slower and not faster with a smaller tooth motor gear.