Recent content by alevesque

Amazing! Thanks much Mikey. Just to sum it up - and to make sure I understood correctly - here's my process: Assumptions: The arm is 1m long, has a radius of 7.5cm and a mass of 1Kg. A camera weighting 1Kg is attached on one end, and a 3Kg counter-weight is attached on the other end...

Thank you for your reply! Yes, the cylinder is three-dimensional; with roughly 7.5cm radius. It is 1 meter long (I decided to shorten it, to ease the choice of motor), and weight 5kg - but most of the weight is on one end, so that when it is supported on a central pivot point located at 75cm...

Question for the brilliant minds around here: I'm trying to figure the amount of torque (I*a) needed to rotate a cylinder of a given mass, diameter and length around a pivot point that is off-center. Typically I'm assuming I would find it out by calculating both I for central diameter and end...