Unit Converter
Conversion formula
The conversion factor from feet per second to knots is 0.59248380129641, which means that 1 foot per second is equal to 0.59248380129641 knots:
1 ft/s = 0.59248380129641 kt
To convert 8.5 feet per second into knots we have to multiply 8.5 by the conversion factor in order to get the velocity amount from feet per second to knots. We can also form a simple proportion to calculate the result:
1 ft/s → 0.59248380129641 kt
8.5 ft/s → V(kt)
Solve the above proportion to obtain the velocity V in knots:
V(kt) = 8.5 ft/s × 0.59248380129641 kt
V(kt) = 5.0361123110195 kt
The final result is:
8.5 ft/s → 5.0361123110195 kt
We conclude that 8.5 feet per second is equivalent to 5.0361123110195 knots:
8.5 feet per second = 5.0361123110195 knots
Alternative conversion
We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 knot is equal to 0.19856586554115 × 8.5 feet per second.
Another way is saying that 8.5 feet per second is equal to 1 ÷ 0.19856586554115 knots.
Approximate result
For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that eight point five feet per second is approximately five point zero three six knots:
8.5 ft/s ≅ 5.036 kt
An alternative is also that one knot is approximately zero point one nine nine times eight point five feet per second.
Conversion table
feet per second to knots chart
For quick reference purposes, below is the conversion table you can use to convert from feet per second to knots
feet per second (ft/s) | knots (kt) |
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9.5 feet per second | 5.629 knots |
10.5 feet per second | 6.221 knots |
11.5 feet per second | 6.814 knots |
12.5 feet per second | 7.406 knots |
13.5 feet per second | 7.999 knots |
14.5 feet per second | 8.591 knots |
15.5 feet per second | 9.183 knots |
16.5 feet per second | 9.776 knots |
17.5 feet per second | 10.368 knots |
18.5 feet per second | 10.961 knots |