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Re: pic: Recycle Rush Re-design

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Originally Posted by JohnSchneider View Post
Actually at a certain point the weight of the arm doesn't matter at all. Or you end up snapping it by going too fast
The weight doesn't directly matter, but the inertia of it certainly does for acceleration.

a 6' arm versus a 5' arm w/ all other variables held constant will have substantially less inertia, which allows higher accelerations for same power.
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