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How do I find the optimal position for a hydraulic damper to balance the force applied to a rotating assembly?

This may be a simple problem, my math and physics chops are a bit rusty. I'm modifying a flight sim rudder pedal to add a hydraulic linear damper (specifically a motorcycle steering damper). I'm ...
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How to calculate forces for most appropriate electric engine for soft sand? [duplicate]

I'm super new to this topic I'm posting here so please forgive the nursery question and content. I'm hoping to use any answers to help me begin my research and investigation on what I need to learn. I'...
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Raise/Lower 350lb Sawmill Head 12v Motor Specs

I am new to this site and have a problem to solve in an area that I’m pretty lost in. I can usually figure stuff out with the help of the internet and some digging but not getting real traction so ...
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How to calculate the torque for motors for a Core XY movment?

I am trying to design a simple setup that follows the core XY movement shown: I have been researching the statics behind this movement in order to calculate the minimum torque for the motor so I ...
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How to Calculate Mean Radius of Irregular Contact Face (Torque Transmission)

In a simple situation, one simply takes the average of outer diameter and inner diameter to gain the mean radius for calculating torque transmission through a contact face, such as a clutch. But how ...
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