Epicyclic Gear set

[anna87]

Hey i was wondering if any of u could enlighten me on some information abt what the Epcyclic Gear set .....HJow it functions and what's its main u in a car?

Do F1 cars have the Epicyclic gear set???

[manchild]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epicyclic_gearing

[NickT]

Ok heres one with some animations to but you may need to install Java to see and use them:

http://auto.howstuffworks.com/automatic ... ission.htm

http://auto.howstuffworks.com/transmission.htm