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Old 04-07-2009, 03:40 AM   #26 (permalink)
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Hello -

The stiffer spring worked today, but I want to try a different spring. Soooooo, I did some spring analysis. All of these springs are 1.5" end-to-end. Here is my original C7 spring baseline comparison from Osh :


3.00 - 1.50 unstretched = 1.50" stretch

Here is the C11 spring that is really stiff :


1.88 - 1.50 unstretched = 0.38" stretch

Here are ones that are in-between :


2.31 - 1.50 unstretched = 0.81" stretch


2.50 - 1.50 unstretched = 1.00" stretch


2.81 - 1.50 unstretched = 1.31" stretch

I am going to pick the middle one, C23, for my next test.


CarloSW2

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