- 1. [TowerTalk] Percent vs. Degree Grade - Not the same ! (score: 1)
- Author: Steve London <n2icarrl@gmail.com>
- Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2008 09:29:26 -0700
- I often see people throw around phrases on Towertalk, such as "my hill is a 10 percent grade", or "my slope is a 10 degree grade". As I discovered in a wildland firefighting class, these are definite
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2008-01/msg00438.html (7,258 bytes)
- 2. Re: [TowerTalk] Percent vs. Degree Grade - Not the same ! (score: 1)
- Author: "Chuck Lewis" <clewis@knology.net>
- Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2008 12:02:29 -0600
- Steve offers: "It boggles my mind why we risk confusion and even talk about "percent grades". Isn't that why virtually every high-school graduate took geometry so we would have a better way to descri
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2008-01/msg00443.html (8,709 bytes)
- 3. Re: [TowerTalk] Percent vs. Degree Grade - Not the same ! (score: 1)
- Author: David Gilbert <xdavid@cis-broadband.com>
- Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2008 11:18:32 -0700
- Actually, for terrain purposes percent grade is much more typically used. You never see a road sign telling you there is an 8 degree grade ahead ... you'll see 14 percent instead. Percent grade is ea
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2008-01/msg00445.html (9,883 bytes)
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