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<blockquote data-quote="John Roberts" data-source="post: 88228" data-attributes="member: 126"><p>Re: Equipment rumor mill</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Perhaps my centrifugal force is imaginary too...<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> I am generally a stickler about accurate speech, but this particular veer went off the accuracy train a long time ago in matters of proportion. More concise terminology could distract from the imagery, while that's not such a bad thing in hindsight. </p><p></p><p>JR</p><p></p><p>PS; Funny I recall from my early motor-head days, there was a perhaps also mislabeled "centrifugal" assist on my car's clutch/pressure-plate, where counter weights increased the normal force pressing down on the clutch plate at higher RPM to reduce slippage between flywheel and clutch disc. This made depressing the clutch pedal to power shift at high RPM so difficult I broke at least one clutch bell-crank linkage (an unintended consequence of pushing a 4500 RPM motor up a few extra thousand RPM). Same principle of force from circular movement used inside distributors to mechanically advance ignition timing at high RPM for more complete combustion, and for mechanical governors on old machinery to limit speed as counter weights were lifted up by spinning faster to close a circuit or move a lever.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="John Roberts, post: 88228, member: 126"] Re: Equipment rumor mill Perhaps my centrifugal force is imaginary too...:-) I am generally a stickler about accurate speech, but this particular veer went off the accuracy train a long time ago in matters of proportion. More concise terminology could distract from the imagery, while that's not such a bad thing in hindsight. JR PS; Funny I recall from my early motor-head days, there was a perhaps also mislabeled "centrifugal" assist on my car's clutch/pressure-plate, where counter weights increased the normal force pressing down on the clutch plate at higher RPM to reduce slippage between flywheel and clutch disc. This made depressing the clutch pedal to power shift at high RPM so difficult I broke at least one clutch bell-crank linkage (an unintended consequence of pushing a 4500 RPM motor up a few extra thousand RPM). Same principle of force from circular movement used inside distributors to mechanically advance ignition timing at high RPM for more complete combustion, and for mechanical governors on old machinery to limit speed as counter weights were lifted up by spinning faster to close a circuit or move a lever. [/QUOTE]
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