10,000RPM is how fast??

[Qwest]

Originally posted by: Shenkoa
Ok, loosen the middle of a HDD Platter/s and then turn the HDD on connected to a AT PSU outside, let the the platter take off down the street!, how fast mathamatically would the platters go?

vid cap?

 

[Ausm]

Sit on a crankshaft going 10,000 RPM and find out

Ausm

 

[Kadarin]

It would depend on whether you balanced the platter on its edge or not. If not, it wouldn't get far no matter how fast it was spinning.