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    Matchbook-Sized Motor Sets 1 Million RPM Record

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    Image of nutbastard nutbastard
    11/14/08

    In reply to Matchbook-Sized Motor Sets 1 Million RPM Record
    then again, if that 1" thing were a wheel it would only take 3.8 seconds to cover a mile... hmmm.
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    Image of poisonfist is nipponese poisonfist is nipponese
    11/15/08

    @nutbastard:

    No it doesn't. If it's 1" in diameter, the circumference would be pi 3.14" which makes it roughly 52,360" per second. A mile is 63,360" so it would be close to 1.2 seconds.
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    Image of nutbastard nutbastard
    11/17/08

    @poisonfist:


    sigh, i meant 1" circumference...

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    11/14/08

    In reply to Matchbook-Sized Motor Sets 1 Million RPM Record
    If you could get something 1" in diameter spinning at 1,000,000 RPMs, the relative differential velocity of opposing edges of the object would only be .00000282835 % the speed of light.


    So.... not THAT fast, really.

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    11/14/08

    @nutbastard: Yea, but that's 16666.666 revolutions per second. It's like, Satan fast, and Satan's pretty fast. Not as fast as light though, since he's the PRINCE OF DARKNESS!!! MUAHAHAHAHA MUAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!
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    11/15/08

    @MagnoliaBoy: How fast is darkness?
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    11/17/08

    @Comrade GadgetPlay, Fellow Traveler: Like this.


    [therecord.blogs.com]

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    Image of rimshot515 rimshot515
    11/14/08

    In reply to Matchbook-Sized Motor Sets 1 Million RPM Record
    Oh oh oh! I know! It's Rearden metal!
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    Image of Rabid Penguin Rabid Penguin
    11/14/08

    @rimshot515: Maybe it's adamantium... or an adamantium-like metal.
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    11/14/08

    @rimshot515: Nice reference! I've just started reading Atlas Shrugged (I have a long, long, long way to go)
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    Image of qbrad qbrad
    11/14/08

    @Thats Dr Bear to You: You do indeed and it's a great journey. Although, you can skip most of the 60 or so page rant that happens late in the book. You'll see...


    Isn't MetalStorm a 1,000,000 RPM device?!

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    11/14/08

    In reply to Matchbook-Sized Motor Sets 1 Million RPM Record
    How fast can Wonder Woman spin? I thought she was pretty close to 1 million RPMs.
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