= Gears & Gearboxes =

Goal: Learn the fundamentals and applications of gears and gearboxes

Here's a diagram of a gear:\\
[[Image(Gear_Diagram.jpg)]]

== Basics ==
Please go through the following resources in order:
1. Watch this [https://youtu.be/uz436Ixbl-I Gear Introduction Video]
2. Go through this presentation from FRC Team 5256: [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1QCNvScwu5JSv_iEcl3Hmvv2kbDE-AeP-/view?usp=sharing Gears and Gearboxes]
3. Watch this video on [https://youtu.be/H9_Llzcz2cY Simple Gear System Calculations]

== Advanced ==
If you're interested, you can check out these videos from Engineers Academy:
* [https://youtu.be/k7Zu1QwE-uY Idler Gears]
* [https://youtu.be/lWpQ1GZA2s8 Compound Gears]
* [https://youtu.be/Lp3fhVhm2L8 Planetary Gearing]

== Gears and CAD ==
To learn how to properly CAD gear systems on Onshape from Team 6995, check out this [https://youtu.be/lkE-E7zAk8c video]

== !VersaPlanetary Gearbox ==
When it comes many [wiki:Motors FRC Legal motors], we usually need less speed and more torque to make use of them on the robot. For [https://motors.vex.com/ VEX motors], we use the [https://www.vexrobotics.com/versaplanetary.html VersaPlanetary Gearbox].

To assemble the gearbox, use the [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1jryIdJdArRqhUl3B0psLbRh6bPRykkx4/view?usp=sharing VersaPlanetary User’s Guide]. You can watch a quick tutorial from FRC Team 4327 [https://youtu.be/txfdzPp0qQo here].

[[Image(VersaPlanetary_Gearbox.png)]]