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01-31-2015, 02:19 PM
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01-31-2015, 02:53 PM
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Will a car accelerate faster In the Southern Hemisphere because the car is going with direction of gravity??
01-31-2015, 02:53 PM
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Always nice to identify where you can improve.
Really?? ft-lb or lb-ft are both correct. Just because you saw it one way in grammar school, doesn't mean its the only way. You must not have ever worked in the professional engineering world....
or are you getting semantic on me, which I get on this one.......
(eg: RPM vs RPMs )
Actually, the plural of foot pound, is foot -pounds, and the plural of pound- foot, would be Pound-Feet.
(eg: " I made one pound foot of torque". Later, I made " two pound-feet of torque". or "one ft-lb" or "several ft-lbs")
Pound-foot (torque)
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A pound-foot (lb·ft or lbf·ft) is a unit of torque (a pseudovector). One pound-foot is the torque created by one pound force acting at a perpendicular distance of one foot from a pivot point.
One pound-foot is approximately 1.355818 newton meters.
The name "pound-foot", intended to minimize confusion with the foot-pound as a unit of work, was apparently first proposed by British physicist Arthur Mason Worthington.[1] However, foot-pound (ft·lb or ft·lbf) is also sometimes used interchangeably with "pound-foot" to express torque.[2]
01-31-2015, 03:01 PM
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01-31-2015, 06:30 PM
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Funny story.
About 4 years ago at the Festival of Speed one of the participants had some girls.......let's just say they looked like they were paid to take their clothes off, in the Paddock. Some of the female PCA members were whatever, but some were PISSED!!!!!!!!
I think that is why.
BTW the strippers, they were just ok. Or so I was told.
About 4 years ago at the Festival of Speed one of the participants had some girls.......let's just say they looked like they were paid to take their clothes off, in the Paddock. Some of the female PCA members were whatever, but some were PISSED!!!!!!!!
I think that is why.
BTW the strippers, they were just ok. Or so I was told.
01-31-2015, 09:57 PM
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Really?? ft-lb or lb-ft are both correct. Just because you saw it one way in grammar school, doesn't mean its the only way. You must not have ever worked in the professional engineering world....
or are you getting semantic on me, which I get on this one.......
(eg: RPM vs RPMs )
Actually, the plural of foot pound, is foot -pounds, and the plural of pound- foot, would be Pound-Feet.
(eg: " I made one pound foot of torque". Later, I made " two pound-feet of torque". or "one ft-lb" or "several ft-lbs")
Pound-foot (torque)
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jump to: navigation, search
A pound-foot (lb·ft or lbf·ft) is a unit of torque (a pseudovector). One pound-foot is the torque created by one pound force acting at a perpendicular distance of one foot from a pivot point.
One pound-foot is approximately 1.355818 newton meters.
The name "pound-foot", intended to minimize confusion with the foot-pound as a unit of work, was apparently first proposed by British physicist Arthur Mason Worthington.[1] However, foot-pound (ft·lb or ft·lbf) is also sometimes used interchangeably with "pound-foot" to express torque.[2]
or are you getting semantic on me, which I get on this one.......
(eg: RPM vs RPMs )
Actually, the plural of foot pound, is foot -pounds, and the plural of pound- foot, would be Pound-Feet.
(eg: " I made one pound foot of torque". Later, I made " two pound-feet of torque". or "one ft-lb" or "several ft-lbs")
Pound-foot (torque)
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jump to: navigation, search
A pound-foot (lb·ft or lbf·ft) is a unit of torque (a pseudovector). One pound-foot is the torque created by one pound force acting at a perpendicular distance of one foot from a pivot point.
One pound-foot is approximately 1.355818 newton meters.
The name "pound-foot", intended to minimize confusion with the foot-pound as a unit of work, was apparently first proposed by British physicist Arthur Mason Worthington.[1] However, foot-pound (ft·lb or ft·lbf) is also sometimes used interchangeably with "pound-foot" to express torque.[2]
Mark, it is all in good fun. And yes, while ftlbs is common and mathematically interchangeable, the technically correct term is lb-ft. Either way, I am not sure it is worth you insulting my degree in mechanical engineering - although I am not likely be confused with a professional.
Now, define peruse.
Cheers,
01-31-2015, 09:58 PM
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Funny story.
About 4 years ago at the Festival of Speed one of the participants had some girls.......let's just say they looked like they were paid to take their clothes off, in the Paddock. Some of the female PCA members were whatever, but some were PISSED!!!!!!!!
I think that is why.
BTW the strippers, they were just ok. Or so I was told.
About 4 years ago at the Festival of Speed one of the participants had some girls.......let's just say they looked like they were paid to take their clothes off, in the Paddock. Some of the female PCA members were whatever, but some were PISSED!!!!!!!!
I think that is why.
BTW the strippers, they were just ok. Or so I was told.
01-31-2015, 10:13 PM
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What's the best tow vehicle to purchase? I need to pull an enclosed trailer but I want to also use it as a daily driver so I want all the creature comforts and I would like to get 35 MPG. My budget is around $15K. Oh and I shuffle steer.
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Does anyone know which visor position is faster for my closed cockpit car? I currently run half open in an attempt to "split the difference" but I can't help feeling i am leaving something on the table here.
What about adjusting it as I go round the track for maximum benefit? Maybe slam it shut on the straights?
If there is an equation for this even better.
What about adjusting it as I go round the track for maximum benefit? Maybe slam it shut on the straights?
If there is an equation for this even better.