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Re: force required to spin vaccuum fan
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Originally Posted by Bruceb View Post
Anybody know a way to figure out the force needed to spin a vaccuum fan at a given speed?
Bruce
That depends on a LOT of things, such as prop angle, prop size, RPM needed, Drag coeffecient, Amount of airflow wanted/needed, etc, etc ...

How much vacuum are you looking to pull? and how much volume are you looking to evacuate?
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