http://www.onlineconversion.com/ 1 foot pound-force = 1.355818 newton metre 1 foot pound is a mass of 1lb applied at a distance of 1 foot from the point of rotation. 1 Newton metre is a weight* of 1 newton applied at one metre from the point of rotation A mass of 1kg will exert a downward force of 9.81 Newtons at sea-level - ie the accellaration due to gravity in metres-per-second-per-second You guys need to drive in Ireland where speed limits are in MPH but distances in km. * Note the difference in definition between weight and mass. Martin Elvis Nocita wrote: >Wait a second, I was talking about 500Nm and I am not Dave. >If you really want standard measurement, you will have to >use the metric system. We European really don't understand what you're >always talking about heavy feet and stuff. >A personal question - at school, when you had to calculate distances and >stuff - how did you do that ? It must be pretty hard with 12 inch is a foot, >3 (?) >feet are a yard, 5xxx feet are a mile.... > > Yahoo! Groups Sponsor <http://rd.yahoo.com/M=251812.3170658.4537139.1261774/D=egroupweb/S=170512 6215:HM/A=1564416/R=0/SIG=11ti81skc/*http://www.netflix.com/Default?mqso=6 0164797&partid=3170658> <http://us.adserver.yahoo.com/l?M=251812.3170658.4537139.1261774/D=egroupm ail/S=:HM/A=1564416/rand=490340279> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: DMCForum-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service <http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/> .
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