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I am trying to design an electric motor and calculating how much electrical power it consumes is easy. Trying to figure out the horsepower it produces on paper is not. I can calculate the torque of the motor, but in order to calculate horsepower I need the RPM. Does anyone know how I can figure...

Ok so the force of the pinion would be multiplied, I am guessing by a factor of 3 in this scenario. But it would take more force to move the pinon because it has the move the load 3 times as fast...right? So what happens?

I have a picture of two gears, but I need some help with mechanical advantage. Let's say the larger gear is providing the work, and if there was no load supplied to the smaller gear, the large gear be spinning at 1,000 rpm, which would make the small gear spin at 3,000 rpm since the gear ratio...

Not the output will generate more torque, but more toque will be generated against the planetary gear since the output is spinning the load faster. But will that negative torque against the gear be taken up by the mechanical advantage of the planetary gears? Planetary gears = 3 * size of sun...

First of all, I am a newly registered user, so thanks for any help guys. I am confused with the concept of planetary gears. Let's say there is an rpm applied to a planetary gear of 600 rpm and the gear ratio is 3:1. So the output of the planetary gear then spins 1800 rpm (600 * 3). Now my...