When constructing my loop I could figure grades and I had templates for the radii, but I a tough time taking and making measurements, 'cause everything was open gridwork and very little of that. One of our long departed engineer types finally helped me get it right.
Bob Werre BobWphoto.com > > The resource I found to get the grades right for my under construction > layout is John Armstrong's layout planning books. He provides an > excellent graph for grades. I use the Woodland Scenics 2% grade > materials. After I establish the clearance required at the highest > point, I measure downgrade to locate the starting point and adjust it > to work the rise into the track plan. This works for me, I did not do > well in the math classes. > > Luther "S" > > --- In [email protected] <mailto:S-Scale%40yahoogroups.com>, > "Tyler" <tfroatz4@...> wrote: > > > > I'm currently designing a sloped module block and am trying to > determine how much height I could achieve over the course of each module. > > > > Since my trigonometry is a little rusty, I went to double check my > results with an online calculator and the results don't match. As a > matter of fact, the online-calculator gives me close to 50% more rise > then my own calculations. > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
