Originally Posted by
riff_raff
Thanks riff for another interesting read.
That IFB looks much superior to the AH planetary arrangement, on so many levels:
- Enabling use of taper roller bearings,
- Preloading the bearings,
- Reversing the angle of the bearings from ‘dihedral’ to ‘anhedral’,
- Increasing material in the rim, giving a stronger ring in bending.
It is a great pity that technology was not around when the L2/225 epicyclic module was designed.