Conversion formula

The conversion factor from feet per second to meters per second is 0.3048, which means that 1 foot per second is equal to 0.3048 meters per second:

1 ft/s = 0.3048 m/s

To convert 4978 feet per second into meters per second we have to multiply 4978 by the conversion factor in order to get the velocity amount from feet per second to meters per second. We can also form a simple proportion to calculate the result:

1 ft/s → 0.3048 m/s

4978 ft/s → V_(m/s)

Solve the above proportion to obtain the velocity V in meters per second:

V_(m/s) = 4978 ft/s × 0.3048 m/s

V_(m/s) = 1517.2944 m/s

The final result is:

4978 ft/s → 1517.2944 m/s

We conclude that 4978 feet per second is equivalent to 1517.2944 meters per second:

4978 feet per second = 1517.2944 meters per second

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 meter per second is equal to 0.00065906787766435 × 4978 feet per second.

Another way is saying that 4978 feet per second is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00065906787766435 meters per second.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that four thousand nine hundred seventy-eight feet per second is approximately one thousand five hundred seventeen point two nine four meters per second:

4978 ft/s ≅ 1517.294 m/s

An alternative is also that one meter per second is approximately zero point zero zero one times four thousand nine hundred seventy-eight feet per second.

Conversion table

feet per second to meters per second chart

For quick reference purposes, below is the conversion table you can use to convert from feet per second to meters per second