Fixed gears for the drive. I've seen the setup on Satanix with speed 900 motors (and I think shakey's got a brushess setup for sale at the moment) and it works really well, nice and robust.
Belts work but only when they have tension. For an axe, I found fixed gears work when the casing for the gears are robust, which mine wasn't. I am sure some of the HW axes use a fixed gear system when driven off of a pneumatic ram and I am sure Hammerhead (one of Team Shock's FWs) had a similar system? I'd probably try a toothed belt if only to have something easily replaceable if it breaks.
Bookmarks