Re: 1/3 - 1/2 scale [TANKS]

[sasquevaneach-at-aim.com]

Ooops, OK you are right- same thing.

 

Phil the mathematically enabled but occasionally dense

 

-----Original Message-----
From: sedwards-at-awger.net
To: tanks-at-rctankcombat.com
Sent: Fri, 16 Feb 2007 11.50PM
Subject: Re: 1/3 - 1/2 scale [TANKS]

OdysseySlipways-at-aol.com wrote: 
> In a message dated 2/16/2007 5:15:58 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, > sasquevaneach-at-aim.com writes: 
> 
> 2/5 scale = 40% of full size. So a Sherman tank is 5.84 m (19 ft 2 
> in) long (thanks Wiki). 19 ft 2 in at 2/th scale = 19 ft 2 in x 
> 2/5 = 7 ft 8ins- about the same as the bloke's tank on U-tube. 
> > Phil the mathematically enabled. 
> > 
> so what would 1:2.5 be in %? (just wanting to see if i am even close) 
> > Chris 
> Odyssey Slipways <http://hometown.aol.com/odysseyslipways/index.html> 
1:2.5 means 1" = 2.5" 
 
1 divided by 2.5 = .4 
 
.4 converted to percentage = 40% 
 
  - Steve "and 2+2=5 for sufficiently large values of 2" Edwards 
 

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