Lego Technic Dual Function Gearbox
This gearbox solves the problem of needing three lego technic motors to remotely control a car with 3 functions namely driving, steering and gear changing capability. The lego gearbox implements two functions at once by exploiting the direction of rotation of the driving motor and implementing one function (driving) for the forward direction and gear changing in the reverse direction. This means you can build a lego technic remote controlled car that can drive, steer and change gears with just two motors, one remote receiver and one remote control unit. This gearbox implements four gears - 3 forward and one reverse. The gearing ratios of the forward gears are 1:1, 3:5 and 1:3. The reverse gear is 9:25.
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