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Slew Rate

Started by darryls, 03/05/2007 06:59PM
Posted 03/05/2007 06:59PM Opening Post
Hi,

Some ads say "4 degerees/sec" and some say 32X, is it the same thing?

Thanks!

Darryl
Posted 03/05/2007 08:45PM #1
Hi,

Some ads say "4 degerees/sec" and some say 32X, is it the same thing?

Thanks!

Darryl
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Not really I think.

32x means 32x the rotation rate of the earth. The rotation rate of the earth is 1 revolution/23hour 56 minutes or about 1 degree/4 minutes.

32x therefore equals about 32degrees in 4 minutes or about 8 degrees a minute.

4 degrees/second = 240 degrees/minute... about 30 times faster.

jon