Re: Calibrating a Torque meter question

From: Yuan Kang Lee <ykleetx_at_gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 05 Sep 2012 17:55:50 -0000

I forgot to add I know this from experience. The digital torque meter I made sucked.

--- In Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com, "Yuan Kang Lee" <ykleetx@...> wrote:
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> A self-made digital torque meter needs to be calibrated. It's not just the accuracy of the digital scale. There are multiple design and implementation details that need to be worked out before the digital torque meter is accurate.
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> --- In Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com, Bill Carney <wcarneyjx@> wrote:
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> > Ren,
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> > Another option is the digital scale torque meters that you can build, o r IIRC Bill Gowen sells . These should require little or no calibration assuming the scale is in spec.
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> > Bill Carney
> > That Florida Indoor Guy
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> > From: mkirda_at_
> > To: "Indoor Construction" <Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com>
> > Sent: Wednesday, September 5, 2012 12:38:36 PM
> > Subject: [Indoor_Construction] Re: Calibrating a Torque meter question
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> > Ren,
> > I would say it depends upon how competitive you are. If you are a sport flier, don't enter contests to win, calibrating it probably isn't necessary. I fly with a group of guys that just counts winds, no torque meter at all. They seem to do well enough.
> > Once you get into being competitive, it is helpful for all the reasons Kang outlines. Fortunately, building a digital torque meter is pretty simple...
> > Regards.
> > Mike Kirda
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Received on Wed Sep 05 2012 - 10:55:53 CEST