Re: F1D torque meter wire?

From: Tapio Linkosalo <tapio.linkosalo_at_iki.fi>
Date: Wed, 15 Jul 2009 10:06:19 +0300

Bill Gowen wrote:
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>
> Tapio
> I just opened the torque meter wire calculator on Indoornews.com. The
> calculation that came up was a torque of .55in-oz at 360 degree
> rotation and the wire for that condition was .012" diameter x 4.46"
> long. I think this is about maximum torque for an F1D motor. In metric
> units this 40 gm-cm and a wire that is 113 mm x .3 mm.
>









Yes. I have a F1M meter, with 125mm of 0,4mm wire, for a maximum of
100g*cm. I recall that the torque goes to 4th power, so 0,3mm wire would
give about one third of the stiffness. Sounds about right, and better
yet, 0.3mm wire is readily available here in Europe.



-Tapio-
Received on Wed Jul 15 2009 - 00:07:12 CEST