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Re: Balancing a Pneumatic wheel
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Originally Posted by FrankJ View Post
Centrifugal force (or centripetal depending on your point view) Depends on tangential velocity not RPM.
It depends on both.

F = mv2/r .... or .... F=mrω2

Centripetal acceleration:

20" at 120mph = 11,330 m/s2 ....... 8" at 5000 rpm = 27,854 m/s2

see attached Motorcycle vs Shooter Wheel centripetal acceleration calculator

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