Or just take your tach out to the field, draw a line on the winch flange, and measure its rpm. Winchdoc posted some representative readings on rcse a couple of years ago.
----- Original Message ---- From: Jeff Steifel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: RBurnoski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, September 26, 2006 5:18:26 PM Subject: Re: ***SPAMTAGPTD: [RCSE] Top end speed in MPH ! Math quiz Rich, take a ball attach it to the line and time the time it takes to travel the distance. Measure the distance then we can figure out feet/sec The reason being that resistance and motor windings will make a difference. Remember there are a few different motors out there. And the new McCann winches at the Nats have a 2" drum. RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off. Email sent from web based email such as Hotmail and AOL are generally NOT in text format
