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Re: Scaling Down S&G Plans
By:Eric Schade (shearwater boats)
Date: 1/3/2001, 7:01 pm
In Response To: Scaling Down S&G Plans (Ray)

You can scale s-n-g plans uniformly. that is a contsant scale fractor for length and a constant scale factor for girth (Width of panels)

the proportion between lenght scale and girth scale sould be near 1 to keep the peices fitting properly. With a kayak the added lengh in a pannel which accounts for its wrapping around the ends is small so errors will develop if you try to make a long skinny boat into a short stout one.

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Scaling Down S&G Plans
Ray -- 1/3/2001, 2:13 pm
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John ,Montreal -- 1/3/2001, 10:57 pm
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Ray -- 1/4/2001, 8:05 am
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John ,Montreal -- 1/4/2001, 12:06 pm
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Ray -- 1/4/2001, 12:33 pm
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Eric Schade (shearwater boats) -- 1/3/2001, 7:01 pm
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Ray -- 1/4/2001, 8:22 am
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Eric Schade (shearwater boats) -- 1/4/2001, 8:49 am
Thanks for the info *NM*
Ray -- 1/4/2001, 12:35 pm
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Tony B. -- 1/3/2001, 5:08 pm
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Jim Eisenmenger -- 1/3/2001, 3:08 pm