Need help making vehicles go faster.

[BadlyCroppedFish]

Have car with an aircraft engine and a clutch and gearbox, but even with a aircraft engine it still goes pretty damn slow. Anyone know how to get a vehicle to go faster?

(also, thanks for all the help. Iv made about 5 posts asking for help and the community has been amazing with helping.)

[Doc_Swift]

Try upping the gear ratio in the gearbox using the select tool

[BadlyCroppedFish]

Originally posted by doc_swift:

Try upping the gear ratio in the gearbox using the select tool

Just tried that, it had minor changes in the speed but really only made it go slower. It was already at a 5:6 ration if i remember right.

[Demon.13]

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[SteakOplomb]

Originally posted by Mrwaffles:

Originally posted by doc_swift:

Try upping the gear ratio in the gearbox using the select tool

Just tried that, it had minor changes in the speed but really only made it go slower. It was already at a 5:6 ration if i remember right.

That's not a high gear ratio. It's actually pretty low (for 5 revs on one end, there is 6 on the other one).

What you want to look at are ratios like 1:2, 1:3, 1:4 and up. And make sure to connect the engine, gearbox and transmission the right way around, or you'll end up reducing the gear ratio instead of increasing it.

[NiceGuy]

Originally posted by Le_troll_des_bois:

What you want to look at are ratios like 1:2, 1:3, 1:4 and up. And make sure to connect the engine, gearbox and transmission the right way around, or you'll end up reducing the gear ratio instead of increasing it.

Max Ratio is 1:3 for me. I think it once was 1:7 but they seem to have changed this...
Which also killed my smal generator...

[SteakOplomb]

Originally posted by NiceGuy:

Max Ratio is 1:3 for me. I think it once was 1:7 but they seem to have changed this...
Which also killed my smal generator...

Yeah they tweaked the gear ratios recently. Initially I've seen the ratios I've stated but they added ratios mentioned by the OP during the balancing pass deployed a couple of days ago I think.

Anyways, 1:2 already provides a significant boost in thrust right now. However, this might change when gear ratios will also alter output torque (a small engine might not be powerful enough to power a 1:2 geared propeller)..

[BadlyCroppedFish]

Originally posted by Le_troll_des_bois:

Originally posted by Mrwaffles:

Just tried that, it had minor changes in the speed but really only made it go slower. It was already at a 5:6 ration if i remember right.

That's not a high gear ratio. It's actually pretty low (for 5 revs on one end, there is 6 on the other one).

What you want to look at are ratios like 1:2, 1:3, 1:4 and up. And make sure to connect the engine, gearbox and transmission the right way around, or you'll end up reducing the gear ratio instead of increasing it.

Yah, tried every gear ratio, still goes very slow. Maybe they need to do some balancing changes?

[SNJ]

Guys.. the 1:1 ratio is the fastest ratio. Anything other ratio (except 1:-1) is SLOWER than 1:1 but should give more torque.

That or I am completely wrong and I probably have my gearboxes in reverse?

Anyway it makes sense to me that 1:1 would be the fastest...

[SteakOplomb]

Originally posted by SNJ:

Guys.. the 1:1 ratio is the fastest ratio. Anything other ratio (except 1:-1) is SLOWER than 1:1 but should give more torque.

That or I am completely wrong and I probably have my gearboxes in reverse?

Anyway it makes sense to me that 1:1 would be the fastest...

If your vehicle is going slower for the same RPM, then yeah, your gearbox is the wrong way around.

For example, on a 1:2 gearbox, when the input shaft makes 1 revolution, the output makes 2 revolutions.
If you switch your gearbox around (and basically connect your engine to the output shaft), then for each 2 rev of your engine, you will only get 1 rev on your wheel

Overall, I found most of the components having an IN and OUT port quite dificult to place correctly on the first try (small pumps, gearboxes, one-way valves...)

[SNJ]

Originally posted by Le_troll_des_bois:

Originally posted by SNJ:

Guys.. the 1:1 ratio is the fastest ratio. Anything other ratio (except 1:-1) is SLOWER than 1:1 but should give more torque.

That or I am completely wrong and I probably have my gearboxes in reverse?

Anyway it makes sense to me that 1:1 would be the fastest...

If your vehicle is going slower for the same RPM, then yeah, your gearbox is the wrong way around.

For example, on a 1:2 gearbox, when the input shaft makes 1 revolution, the output makes 2 revolutions.
If you switch your gearbox around (and basically connect your engine to the output shaft), then for each 2 rev of your engine, you will only get 1 rev on your wheel

Overall, I found most of the components having an IN and OUT port quite dificult to place correctly on the first try (small pumps, gearboxes, one-way valves...)

Well, by replacing the ratios 1 and 2 you can basically reverse your gearbox without doing it "physically."

Hmm, this way I actually don't know what is the case.. is 1:2 faster because for 1 engine rotation you get 2 wheel rotation? or is it 1 wheel rotation for every 2 engine rotations?

???

[SteakOplomb]

If a gearbox labels a gear ratio of 1:2, then for every 1 turn on the input shaft (engine side), you should have 2 rotations on the output (wheel/propeller), so you basically have a faster spinning wheel/propeller.

You could indeed have a 2:1 ratio which does the exact opposite... I didn't check, but if your gearbox has 2:1 ratios, you could try that :)

[SNJ]

Originally posted by Le_troll_des_bois:

If a gearbox labels a gear ratio of 1:2, then for every 1 turn on the input shaft (engine side), you should have 2 rotations on the output (wheel/propeller), so you basically have a faster spinning wheel/propeller.

You could indeed have a 2:1 ratio which does the exact opposite... I didn't check, but if your gearbox has 2:1 ratios, you could try that :)

As of now, it goes from 1:1 to 1:3 with some other ratios in the middle, but it ranges from 1:1 to 1:3. And 1:-1 ofcourse.

[SteakOplomb]

http://www.technologystudent.com/gears1/gears5.htm

:)

[Crash]

Guys, I just thought of this. Put multiple gearboxes going into each other and set them all to 1:3. This really helped and increased the top speed of my boat by about double.

[George_Johnson02]

If the arrows on the gearbox point towards the engine you get more speed, if they point away you get more torque.