Conversion foot pounds to kg's
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.