[ale] HELP!!! /HDA DISASTER!

[Thompson Freeman]

This is from memory - sound speed is approx 11000 ft/sec or 770 mile/h at
sea level. 


On Tue, 29 Jan 2002, Jim Lynch wrote:

> Let's see.  3.14 * 3.5 = 10.99 inches of travel per rotation
> 10.99 * 72000 = 791280 inches per minute
> There are 5280 * 12 = 63360 inches per mile, that give us
> 791280 / 63360 = 12.48 miles per minute
> 12.48 * 60 = 749 miles per hour.  
> 
> What's the speed of sound?  That's thing is dangerously close to mach
> 1.  
> 
> 8)
> 
> Jim.
> 
> jeff hubbs wrote:
> > 
> > Charles Marcus wrote:
> > 
> > > Wow!!!
> > >
> > > A 72,000 rpm drive!!!
> > >
> > > I want one of those!!!
> > 
> > You can KEEP it!  I wouldn't want to be in the same room with the darn
> > thing!
> > 
> > - Jeff
> > 
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