On Nov 13, 2008, at 5:09 AM, Olin Lathrop wrote:

> Oh gimme a break.  The formula is so simple it's not laziness but  
> that you
> forgot to pay attention in high school physics.
>
> And by the way, 1000 RPM at 1 foot is 3343g (this took all of 10  
> seconds to
> do on my trusty HP 11C calculator).

I call unlikely result!

Ac = w^2r   [m/s^2 = (rad/s)^2 * m]
    = ((1000/60)*2*pi)^2 * .3
    = 3289.86 m/s^2
To convert from m/s^2, divide by 9.8m/s^2, giving 335.7g
That's still higher than I expected, but I guess it must be possible.

How'd you manage to be off by "approximately" a factor of 10?

BillW

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