Mailing List flyrotary@lancaironline.net Message #41099
From: Joe Ewen <Jewen@comporium.net>
Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: Angles
Date: Sat, 12 Jan 2008 08:55:27 -0500
To: Rotary motors in aircraft <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>
For those who may use this formula, this formula will only work on a right triangle.  Please correct me if I am wrong.
Joe
 
 
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Saturday, January 12, 2008 8:30 AM
Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: Angles

Hi George,
 
Several folks have responded to your question concerning angles, for what it is worth I also got 5.729 degrees.
 
There are a couple of formulas you can use.  One common approach is to use
ArcSin, but unless you have a convenient ArcSin function available that can be problematic.
 
So instead I like to use this one for y/r (y being the vertical length of your angle and r the horizontal length)   Degrees = y/r * 180/pi   = 3/30*180/3.1456 =  5.729 deg.  This way you don't need a table/function of ArcSin.
 
Ed
 
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Friday, January 11, 2008 7:42 PM
Subject: [FlyRotary] Angles

Ed,
I measured the taper of the flywheel taper with a ruler, the draft is 3mm in 30mm. I checked that with a dial indicator and it was correct - how does one derive the angle of that?
Is it 6 degrees?
George (down under)
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