My Theory! I can't find why it wouldn't work! Big suprize!

[bottorml]

Infinite spokes = +114.6ft*lbs of torque with the assumptions from my previous post.

[nwman]

Doesn't work sorry!

[bottorml]

calculus: take the torque formula for the spokes sticking straight out the sides: (1lbs * 2ft) - (1lbs * 1ft) = 2 ft*lbs
and mulitply that by cos(angle) for a spoke at some other angle to get the torque at that angle. take the integral of the torque at all the angles top to bottom (which adds them all together)

"+" just means i'm getting a positive number

[bottorml]

whoops! I mean (1lbs * 2ft) - (1lbs * 1ft) = 1ft*lbs

[nwman]

Doesn't work sorry!