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Tamiya 70110 4-Speed Crank-Axle Gearbox Kit
 
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This gearbox has four possible gear ratios, including the highest gear ratio of Tamiya’s gearbox series, 5402:1. The other options are 126:1, 441:1, and 1543:1. This gearbox also features a worm gear, which locks the output shaft when the motor is not turning.
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The Tamiya 70110 4-speed crank-axle gearbox has four possible gear ratios, including the highest gear ratio of Tamiya’s gearbox series, 5402:1, as well as 126:1, 441:1, and 1543:1. This gearbox also features a worm gear, which locks the output shaft when the motor is not turning. A clutch gear prevents the gearbox from destroying itself in case the output shaft gets stuck. The kit comes with all parts necessary to build the gearbox in any of the four possible configurations.
The output shafts are 3 mm hexagonal axles that are 10 cm (about four inches) from tip to tip. The axles work with any of the Tamiya wheels we carry, giving you many options for your robot speed. The low-voltage motors run on 3-6 volts and draw up to a few amps, making them perfect candidates for the Pololu low-voltage dual serial motor controller. The Pololu Orangutan LV-168 robot controller, which incorporates these low-voltage motor drivers, would be a great control center for a robot using these motors. Motor overheating can be caused by excessive stalling, even at very low voltages. We recommend that you use stall-detection sensors, or just watch your robot, to make sure that it doesn’t stall for more than a few seconds at a time.
For motor specs, see the Mabuchi motor FA-130 (#18100) data sheet (58k pdf). To compare all Tamiya gear box kits, see the Tamiya Gearbox Gear Ratio Comparison.
Note: The 4-speed crank-axle gearbox is a kit; assembly is required. To use the kit in robotics projects, you need to connect the motors to your own robot controller.
