Foot per Minute to Centimeter per Second
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How to Convert Foot per Minute to Centimeter per Second
To ft/s: ÷ 60. To m/s: × 0.00508. To mph: ÷ 88.
1 ft/min = 0.00508 m/s = 0.01829 km/h = 0.3048 m/min.
For example, 1 Foot per Minute (ft/min) = 0.508 Centimeter per Second (cm/s).
Foot per Minute to Centimeter per Second — Common Values
| Foot per Minute (ft/min) | Centimeter per Second (cm/s) |
|---|---|
| 0.1 | 0.0508 |
| 0.5 | 0.254 |
| 1 | 0.508 |
| 2 | 1.016 |
| 5 | 2.54 |
| 10 | 5.08 |
| 25 | 12.7 |
| 50 | 25.4 |
| 100 | 50.8 |
| 500 | 254 |
| 1000 | 508 |
About Foot per Minute (ft/min)
Foot per minute measures distance in feet traveled in one minute. Common in US industrial and HVAC applications.
1 ft/min = 0.00508 m/s = 0.01829 km/h = 0.3048 m/min.
To ft/s: ÷ 60. To m/s: × 0.00508. To mph: ÷ 88.
HVAC duct air velocity (600–2,000 fpm), conveyor belts (50–300 fpm), elevator speeds (200–1,500 fpm), and escalators (90–120 fpm).
Typical HVAC duct: 800–1,200 fpm. High-rise elevator: 1,000 fpm. Airport moving walkway: 140 fpm.
Confusing ft/min with ft/s — ft/min is 60× slower. Mixing fpm with mph.
60 ft/min = 1 ft/s. ~88 ft/min = 1 mph. Essential for HVAC calculations in the US.
About Centimeter per Second (cm/s)
Centimeter per second measures distance in centimeters traveled in one second. Common for small-scale movements and flows.
1 cm/s = 0.01 m/s = 0.036 km/h = 0.6 m/min.
To m/s: ÷ 100. To km/h: × 0.036. To mm/s: × 10.
Stream/river surface flow (10–200 cm/s), blood flow velocity in arteries (10–100 cm/s), small machine movements, and insect flight speeds.
Housefly speed: ~200 cm/s. Blood in aorta: ~40 cm/s. Small stream flow: 30–100 cm/s. Ant running: 1–3 cm/s.
Confusing cm/s with m/s — off by a factor of 100. Mixing up with mm/s.
100 cm/s = 1 m/s. Good for water flow, blood flow, and small animal speeds. Divide by 100 to get m/s.
