After a discussion with LeoP over e-mail last night, I converted this to a spreadsheet to make is as simple to use as possible.
Loaded under:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Indoor_Construction/files/Rubber%20Motor%20Calculations/
Once you strip the rubber to the size indicated, you need to tie it off at the length desired. The calculator gives you an extra inch here to tie it off easily and snip off the ends. This should give you the exact target weight.
Regards.
Mike Kirda
--- In Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com, "mkirda@..." <mkirda@...> wrote:
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> LeoP told me a great way to do this at USIC this year.
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> I do not want to steal his thunder, it is simple but requires a calculator. And you can easily cut motors to weight/length afterwards.
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> He convinced me.
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> I still cut to width, but get the right length for the size loop I want now.
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> I haven't switched to doing it this way for F1D yet, but I still have a lot of rubber cut to width and already have an idea what loop length each will make.
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> Regards.
> Mike Kirda
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> --- In Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com, Fred or Judy Rash <frash@> wrote:
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> > For years I tried to strip to width, but the last couple of my posted
> > Excel spreadsheets for turns, torque, etc only ask for weight and
> > length. You guys have convinced me that that is a better way, but
> > selling this way of thinking to everyone will be hard. <Grin>
> >
> > Fred Rash
> >
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Received on Tue Sep 17 2013 - 07:06:40 CEST