OOO that cone calculator, it really came in handy for the shuttle stack. I dont think I would have made such a good good on the front and rear ends of the tank without it. Now if someone has a foolproof way of rolling them so they come to a nice point.
On Mar 24, 9:55 pm, [email protected] wrote: > http://jleslie48.com/cone/index.html > > --- On Tue, 3/24/09, Paul McCool <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Paul McCool <[email protected]> > Subject: [Papermodels II 35244] Re: Need help with how to measure correctly... > To: [email protected] > Date: Tuesday, March 24, 2009, 3:21 PM > > I can do cylinders and circles all day long. What kicks my tail is cones. > > Paul M. > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "jleslie48" <[email protected]> > To: "Papermodels II" <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, March 24, 2009 5:36 AM > Subject: [Papermodels II 35220] Re: Need help with how to measure > > correctly... > > > fromhttp://jleslie48.com/faq.html: > > > ... > > Now, think about a cylinder, it has a height, and if you look at it > > from the top, it is a circle. Now take a pair of scissors and slice up > > the side, It unrolls into a rectangle. one set of sides of the > > rectangle are the height of the cylinder, and the other sides have a > > relationship to the diameter of the recently destroyed circle. Back to > > Ms Hinchleys class, the side in question represents the CIRCUMFERENCE > > of the circle, which has the formula, > > > circumference= 2(pi)Radius = (pi)Diameter where > > > pi is a very specific value approximately 3.1415. We'll skip the > > discussion on where the 3.1415 came from, but trust me on this. Well > > now the cylinders of a rocket, at any scale, in any unit of measure > > are a mere mathematical calculation away. With MS Word, I can now make > > the circles and rectangles exactly those dimensions, and,... > > > On Mar 23, 11:00 pm, abbe <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi All, > >> I'm kind of new to this and need some help. I am trying to make a > >> straight piece so I can put it around a circle (like how a drum would > >> look)- can you tell me how I should mathematically measure this > >> please? Anyone know? I remember that it's a formula of some sort- > just > >> forgot what it was. Thanks ahead of time. Also, I am creating a hand > >> our of paper and it's not going to well I am having problems > >> determining how to measure for some of the fingers? Anyone have any > >> suggestions? Hope someone will have some very good advice for me here. > >> Thanks so much! > >> abbe- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Papermodels II" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Papermodels?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
