Conversion foot pounds to kg's
by John Gilham on 12/06/05 at 03:39:54

Could someone please provide a conversion formula for foot pounds to kilograms.

John

Re: Conversion foot pounds to kg's
by Robert Fogt on 12/06/05 at 22:54:54

foot pounds is a unit of work, a force of one pound working through a distance of one foot.

Kilograms is just a unit of mass, it is missing the extra dimension of distance.

You can convert foot pounds to something such as kilogram-force meters, but not to just kilograms.

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