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Unread 23-01-2004, 15:52
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Re: Average Feet per Second
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Originally Posted by Chris Hibner
Ken,

My rough (in my head) calculations say that you will go about 18 ft/s in low gear, and about 72 ft/s in high gear. I think you would want to gear it down a bit.

-Chris
Chris/Ken--
Using my whitepaper. (shameless plug).
With the FIRST given 12in wheels, and a 10:45 sprocket reduction.
I calculate:

Drill Motor in high:
18 fps free speed (probably closer to 16.5fps)

Drill Motor in low:
5.24 fps free speed (probably closer to 4.7fps)

John
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