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"Jeff Elliott" <jeffe@telepres.com> wrote in message
news:3B2A6D56.CD75EB5D@telepres.com...
> Here are the numbers:
>
> Rise Rise Run 6 segs delta
> (plates)(cm) (studs) (studs) (studs)
> 0 0.00 16.000 96.000 0.000
> 1 0.32 15.995 95.970 0.030
> 2* 0.64 15.980 95.880 0.120*
> 3 0.96 15.955 95.730 0.270
> 4 1.28 15.920 95.519 0.481
> 5 1.60 15.875 95.247 0.753
> 6 1.92 15.819 94.914 1.086
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> * - the ratio I usually use
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> The 'delta' number is how many studs I expect to be off over the course
> of a full module. Not a big deal.
<snip>
Based on the [relatively minor, I supose] difficulties we had at train1 with
an incline on the far side of the layout, how do you think we will cope with
these elevations?
Iain
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