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enlargements again

Old 01-02-2004, 01:40 PM
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Default enlargements again

I guess when I asked how to enlarge some plans,I phrased the question wrong,sorry. I would like to find out how to scale some plans from a magazine up to a sixty size. Do I ask for a enlargement of 100%- 200% or what? I want to start scratch build the plane from the latest AMA magazine and I will go to Kinko's to get the plan enlarged. I just dont know what to ask for
?. Thanks for the help tonyd1
Old 01-02-2004, 02:12 PM
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Default RE: enlargements again

are you asking what percentage you should use when enlarging?

that depends on what plan you have in mind.

lets say you have 40 size plan, and want to make it 60.

40 and 60 are size in volume so theoretically, you want to increase linear dimensions
in cubic root of the volumetric increse in size.

40 to 60 is 50% increase in volume, but only 15% increase in length.

formula is

muliplication factor = cubic root of ( size of engine you want to use / size of engine the plan calls for)


but, it is probably easier to use wing span of other 60 sized airplane to calculate
your multiplication factor.

mf = wing span of 60 sized plane / wing span of plan you have


if you want percentage

mf x 100

percentage of increase

(mf x100) - 100

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