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Originally Posted by CRiZO
I understand why you'd think this, but it's incorrect. You're thinking about rigidity of the material. The number of active coils (and in a linear spring, they're almost all active) is considered for spring rate. Remember, spirals are basically a ramp. Cut the spring, and you're shortening the ramp.
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Ah yea that makes sense. I knew fewer coils is stiffer but I thought it had to be fewer coils over the same distance to be stiffer since then your actually changing the pitch of the ramp
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