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    Method of determining volume of water in an arbitrary container

    Those are all great ideas! My goal is really to develop this into a system that would be plug-and-play, though, and would give just the information the user actually wants - what volume of water is in his tank. Calibrating tank level to volume tables is fine if it's one boat, but optimally I'm...
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    Method of determining volume of water in an arbitrary container

    That would work in theory, but in practice there are a bunch of other variables - not the least of which is whether there are people onboard - that affect buoyancy too. Good thought, though!
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    Method of determining volume of water in an arbitrary container

    All- I'm trying to work through a problem in my head and am looking for a little guidance. I want to build a system that can be used to measure the volume of water inside a container of arbitrary size and shape. The application, in case you're curious, is the drinking water tanks of a...
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    Calculating starting/tractive force

    How should I be considering them? The load should be distributed pretty evenly across all four wheels. I was thinking that it would be a wash, and that the accumulated drag would be .02.
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    Calculating starting/tractive force

    Hey all- First post here! I need to calculate the force required to overcome inertia of a 1500lb object. It's a sliding door, which rolls on 4 identical wheels, each with a coefficient of friction of .02. I'd like to make it accelerate to .25m/s over a period of 4 seconds. I think...
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