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Re: 3/8 shaft, is it strong enough.

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Originally Posted by klunk View Post
Haven't the faintest on how to measure the speed/rpm/torque etc. Had a look at this http://www.electricneutron.com/elect...motor-capacity as an aid and realised it would take me two years to work it out.
There are commercially available tachometers for the speed. Typically, you find those with your local R/C pilots or in a hobby store; in this case, you'd probably need to either simulate a second side of the prop or correct the reading for only reading one side.
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