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16 November 2016 at 11:07 #5455
Dodgy Geezer 1
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explanation of vibration modes in off-centre driveshafts
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16 November 2016 at 11:07 #68715
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This video provides a bit of an explanation as to why vibration can occur on the jointed driveshafts that we sometimes use:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5aCK4Bob6a0
26 November 2016 at 20:20 #68837
Robin Bodger
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This is why you use a c.v joint over a u.v joint in drive shafts. Does anyone produce scale size c.v joints? Maybe I will start making them.
27 November 2016 at 08:35 #68838
Dodgy Geezer 1
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You can get Double Cardans, which are CV, but use quite a lot of space….
27 November 2016 at 10:01 #68840
Malcolm Frary
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http://www.shgmodels.com/acatalog/ – the marine couplings at the op of page 20?
27 November 2016 at 18:14 #68843
Steve Walker 1
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Very interesting, DG. Not so much for my small fleet of your balsa models, but for the power takeoff on my MF35.
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