lol yep, for sure. Maybe ill make a thread tomorrow…
Looking good!
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How will you cover up those gears? At a 90 angle it will be a little difficult to find a common plane to cover those on.
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Assuming the motors won’t be flying in the air
I guess you will create an L-profile type motor mount from the motor shaft?
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Haha nope, mounts will ship with a free guide to levitation 
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The mounting bracket for these is very hard to explain in words, I will maybe make a thread tomorrow to document my progress
Sorry for the hijack @Michaelinvegas 
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Looks awesome!
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I wish I had more time to work on them…
Weekends are just about the only time I can sit down and work on them for more than 2 hours. Soon to be eliminated once I get my work permit
I would be very concerned about sand.
@DougM sometimes it’s not even sand…
Ain’t that right @MoeStooge? Sometimes it’s a little bit of tissue paper that can get you. Lol
I think a cover would be needed.
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Here’s a case in point
Mod done to a Boosted
The problem with making a gearbox is size…
It would only be possible with 90+mm wheels, unless you wanted to run like 5tooth to 20 tooth
I haven’t hit tissue paper yet, but I have definitely hit sand
Hahah yeah man Ask @MoeStooge…We did a group ride in Venice California…one minute he’s behind me…second later…gone… a stupid piece of tissue paper just got sucked up into his gears… and you know what happens then right? Lol good thing Moes short like me…wasn’t a far fall to the ground hahhahaha
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lol ill start work on a fully enclosed direct drive for bigger wheels once I finish this one
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Not to dissuade you at all – but why not build on Jenso’s design of the two gears just being on the same plane? But instead you implement a helical gear design for better tooth binding? Also it will be easier to cover up then. This sideways pinion and gear design you are doing looks different and similar to a car’s transmission transfer case but I think the cover will be tricky. I think I remember you posting about a helical gear design in the past.
It’s just an idea - do carry on - still curious how your mount will look.
too mainstream
ill post some pics of the mount in a second
@GrecoMan we should have someone split this thread…you def should have a place to talk abt your designs…people are interested !
Hey @treenutter help hahah
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Precision gears like the helical are very unforgiving and need to be aligned precisely.
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haha that’d be nice…
no more hijacking
I may go just make a new thread. Be on the lookout!
with any helical gear setup the tendency is for one gear to want to push out of plane from the other gear. This then requires a fairly hefty frame to keep them all together. One possible solution is to use the (I’m sure there’s a name for it) type of gear they use in 3D printer extruders
If you’ve got a 4 axis mill handy you can make them using an End Mill Gear Cutter which, last time I checked didn’t exist but now does
