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Announce: Stability Factor Calculator *LINK*
By:Phil Nelson
Date: 7/17/2009, 2:21 am

Hi Everyone,

Back in may this year, Kudzu posted about his experiences with a concept called a 'Stability Factor', developed by Steve Killing & Bear Mountain Boat Shop as a way to rate the relative stability of their products.

As an amateur designer I was quite interested in how this may benefit the development of my own designs, so after following this up with him & doing some research of my own I decided a nice little spreadsheet would make calculations much easier & quicker.

I then decided that a simple calculator like this would make a nice little stand-alone utility, and I have always wanted to learn to write programs in Visual Basic, so I set about writing one.

I recently finished it & while it's nothing fancy, I think it works pretty well.

It's now freely available to anyone who wants to use it as a free download from the link below, guaranteed virus & spyware free.

I hope you like it & feel free to post (or email me) any comments, questions or criticisms.

Regards,

Phil.

Messages In This Thread

Announce: Stability Factor Calculator *LINK*
Phil Nelson -- 7/17/2009, 2:21 am
Re: Announce: Stability Factor Calculator
Bill Hamm -- 7/18/2009, 1:44 am
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PatrickC -- 7/19/2009, 10:37 pm
Re: Announce: Stability Factor Calculator
Phil Nelson -- 7/18/2009, 12:17 am
Thanks Phil *NM*
Glen Smith -- 7/18/2009, 3:25 pm
Re: Thanks Phil
Glen Smith -- 7/18/2009, 5:10 pm
Re: Thanks Phil
Glen Smith -- 7/18/2009, 5:11 pm
Re: Thanks Phil
Phil Nelson -- 7/18/2009, 8:44 pm
Re: Thanks Phil
Glen Smith -- 7/18/2009, 10:38 pm
Re: Thanks Phil
Glen Smith -- 7/18/2009, 10:48 pm
Re: Thanks Phil
Phil Nelson -- 7/19/2009, 4:50 am
Re: Thanks Phil
Phil Nelson -- 7/19/2009, 11:30 pm
Re: Thanks Phil
Glen Smith -- 7/19/2009, 11:38 pm
Re: Thanks Phil
Phil Nelson -- 7/20/2009, 1:44 am
Re: Announce: Stability Factor Calculator
Phil Nelson -- 7/18/2009, 6:50 am
Re: Announce: Stability Factor Calculator
Glen Smith -- 7/17/2009, 10:34 pm
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Kudzu -- 7/17/2009, 3:18 pm
Re: Announce: Stability Factor Calculator
Chris Ostlind -- 7/17/2009, 10:11 am