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Originally Posted by Pdelcast
Sorry guys -- we just realized that the car versions of the 1717 were incorrectly listed as having a 5mm shaft.
About the 45000 RPM limit -- at 45000 RPM the magnets have a centripetal force of over 1500lbs/sq in on them (about 30,000 Gs -- seriously...) -- that's about the physical limit of the kevlar reinforced magnet structure. To go any higher, we would need to get a stronger material than Neo/iron/boron magnets. :(
We just don't know (yet) how to hold the structure together at above 30,000 Gs.
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Maybe you guys should contact NASA. They test that stuff out!
