Felix' & my Dome Drive explained

Taking apart the Dome drive.
This is a prototype of the gear-based Dome Drive Felix and I designed. It's specifically made for a bearing available here: www.drehteller.... , which is a pretty high-quality bearing with affordable shipping inside Europe. We designed this because we wanted a more precise dome drive than those using friction wheels, and we wanted to use that bearing. The solution we came up with is pretty tolerant to mounting position; you can be as far as 2mm off with the inner gear mount and still get a precise drive with almost no play, so no spring-loaded motor mount is needed (but can be used).
We are planning to make the final version available to the R2 builders club; it's going to consist of an aluminium outer gear, a nylon inner gear (to avoid alu-on-alu friction and alu dust in the electronics) and an aluminium hub with a 6mm bore and worm screw to fix the inner gear to a motor axle. Maybe we'll even offer the bearing as part of the package to get a cheaper price on that. Mail me or comment here if you're interested; we don't have a price quote yet but I'll update here when we do.

[@nnial]

Very nice build. Is there anyway you can cut down the noise generated from the motor?

[@therealbjoerngiesler]

You can find out more on the Astromech forums. We have never gotten enough interest to do a real run but it may be possible to manufacture a one-off for you.

[@SleeTheSloth]

Vary nice is this kit available today?

[@richardnapier9116]

i would like to know more and how much

[@CaptainFettCosplay]

I'm seeking a dome gear set...you guys still have one laying around?